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Take the necessary measures to ensure at least one year of free and compulsory preschool education, as recommended by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Continue taking active measures aimed at improving gender equality in employment

Enshrine the right to education for all in its domestic law, in line with UNESCO recommendations

Take appropriate measures to prevent the practice of “national priority” from giving rise to legal categories of persons with different rights, placing foreigners, non-citizens, refugees and asylum-seekers at a disadvantage in the exercise of rights

Establish a regulatory framework for processing asylum claims, including explicit protection measures and transparent criteria

Incorporate into the domestic legal framework a procedure for the handling of applications for asylum, specifying the criteria that the State must apply to accept or reject an application

Enhance international cooperation on issues and challenges related to human development, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals

Adopt a procedure for processing applications for asylum or recognizing refugee status that specifies the criteria on the basis of which the State accepts or rejects an application

Establish a procedure to process asylum applications, with clear criteria to accept or reject an application in accordance with the applicable international instruments

Continue awareness-raising campaigns on gender equality

Continue efforts towards ensuring the equal representation of women in decision-making positions

Adopt measures in relation to the establishment of a mechanism that promotes gender equality, particularly with regard to equal remuneration, participation and representation of women in the professional sphere

Continue efforts to improve women’s health and strengthen policies to encourage their access to the labour market

Continue efforts towards planned strategies to encourage women and girls to choose non-traditional fields of training

Continue strengthening its Office of the High Commissioner for the Protection of Rights and Freedoms and for Mediation, in line with international standards

Continue promoting gender equality and combating violence and discrimination against women

Continue to strengthen legislation and social programmes to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other related forms of intolerance

Continue efforts to combat racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

Continue to promote legislative measures to prohibit all forms of racial discrimination in the Criminal Code

Amend national legislation to address/overcome the gaps in the system of protection against any possible manifestations of discrimination

Conduct an official review of legislative barriers to justice for victims of sexual crimes and domestic violence, including adopting a broader definition of domestic violence in line with the Istanbul Convention

Continue efforts to promote and protect the rights of women and children

Conduct an information campaign for all sectors of society to raise awareness about hate speech, in particular about the existing legal provisions to combat hate speech and the procedures for reporting and filing complaints against its manifestations

Take steps to adopt a broader definition of domestic violence in line with ratified international instruments

Intensify efforts to ensure an effective response to tackle discrimination, hate speech and other related intolerance against minorities

Take effective measures to fight against racial discrimination and hate speech and prevent impunity

Carry out an awareness-raising campaign on racist lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex-phobic hate speech, the existing legal provisions and rights in this field, as well as the procedures for reporting or lodging complaints against instances of such speech

Establish adequate comprehensive legislation prohibiting all forms of discrimination, especially against women, including direct and indirect discrimination in the public and private spheres, as well as intersectional forms of discrimination against women

Adopt a regulatory framework prohibiting all forms of discrimination, including on the basis of gender, and review and reform any provisions that may be discriminatory on this basis

Step up the efforts towards ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment