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Make every effort to ratify core international human rights treaties, and fulfil its reporting obligations under the conventions that it has ratified

Take the necessary steps to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention against Torture, and take steps to raise social awareness and understanding of these instruments

Strengthen its cooperation and continue the process of ratifying the appropriate international instruments

Adhere to all human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party, in particular the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure

Sign the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Promote genuine dialogue between Viet Nam and other countries to enhance mutual understanding and to address issues which are of common interest related to human rights

Strengthen protection against torture by, inter alia, ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and stepping up efforts to end impunity for all perpetrators of torture

Take steps to end child marriage by raising to 18 the minimum age of marriage for both boys and girls

Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

Promote equality between women and men and fight against domestic violence

Adopt an open, merit-based process when selecting national candidates for United Nations treaty body elections

Raise awareness among its people on the roles and responsibilities of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights

Extend cooperation with United Nations special procedures, and respond positively to pending requests for visits

Implement measures to strengthen universal access to health services, including reproductive health

Allocate more human and financial resources to the Office of the People’s Advocate, as a precondition for the effective promotion of the rights of vulnerable groups

Continue public awareness campaigns with a view to changing sociocultural attitudes that hinder the promotion of the rights of women and girls

Reinforce measures to facilitate the birth registration of a higher number of internally displaced persons, especially children

Continue expanding the regulatory framework and ensure its effective implementation for the full social inclusion of persons with disabilities, including in relation to the right to decent work in the public and private sectors

Continue efforts to protect and promote the rights of persons with disabilities

Continue implementing measures to ensure the rights and improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities

Take all steps necessary to implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including ensuring access to work and education and ensuring that all public buildings are accessible

Eliminate obstacles for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in order to guarantee that all public buildings, such as schools, hospitals and governmental institutions, are fully accessible

Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and enact implementing legislation

Close the impunity gap and ensure that all perpetrators of atrocity crimes are held accountable in national courts or at the International Criminal Court

Step up efforts to fight impunity and establish effective mechanisms that immediately ensure the respect and fulfilment of human rights

Continue its efforts to combat impunity for the perpetrators of acts of torture