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Elaborate and submit the reports required by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Examine the possibility of ratifying some international human rights legal instruments, particularly the two International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Consider withdrawing its reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women as well as setting up a national human rights commission, in accordance with the Paris Principles

Intensify efforts to ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Ratify CRPD

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

Seek the technical and financial assistance needed to adequately address the climate change challenges and to reduce risk and implement early warning systems

Modify national legislation to prohibit child, early and forced marriage and establish a clearly defined legal age of marriage and consent

Consider ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Continue energizing existing mechanisms to enhance the addressing of human rights challenges.

End the occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan.

Continue efforts to allow for a harmonious life in a multi-religious, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-lingual society.

Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography

Seek development assistance from development partners and United Nations specialized agencies in order to find solutions to identified challenges hampering the enjoyment of human rights and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals

Strengthen the measures to ensure gender equality, as well as to prevent violence against women

Increase its official development aid to reach the international norm of 0.7 per cent of GDP

Strengthen policies and programmes to combat poverty and social inequalities

Pursue the implementation of the national health policy for the period 2012 to 2020

Take appropriate legislative and regulatory measures to fight against discrimination and strengthen the protection and integration of persons with disabilities

Thoroughly investigate attacks on persons living with albinism and ensure that perpetrators of violations committed against them are brought to justice

Ratify all conventions to which the country is not yet a party

Consider undertaking a review of domestic laws with a view to guaranteeing equality between men and women, including laws that govern the rights of succession with respect to land permits and grants, and the absence of a minimum age for marriage under Muslim law

Continue its efforts for the protection of children and combating child labour

Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

Sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Formulate and implement effective policies geared towards the elimination of poverty

Continue cooperation with the African Union mechanisms on human rights

Intensify efforts to protect women and children from violence and all forms of exploitation

Consider criminalizing any practice of excision on girls in order to put an end to the persistence of female genital mutilation, in particular in the Matam Region