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Consider an immediate moratorium on executions as a first step towards the abolition of the death sentence, and commute all existing death sentences for persons below 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the crime

Continue its fight against and the prevention of torture and ill- treatment, with special emphasis on human rights defenders

Ratify the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Implement a moratorium on the use of capital punishment and sign the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

Intensify the process of submission of overdue reports to United Nations treaty bodies

Engage with the special procedures whose requests for a country visit are pending

Comply in a more effective way with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and create policies and practices to prevent all forms of violence against women and girls, including domestic violence, as well as to increase accountability and promptly investigate and prosecute all cases of violence against women and girls

Combat effectively the recruitment of child soldiers

Take concrete measures to ensure the protection of the rights of the child, including through access to education for all and the prevention of sexual abuse and child recruitment

Continue taking necessary measures to criminalize the so-called practice of bacha bazi, and make all efforts in terms of prevention and justice in order to eradicate the practice

Intensify efforts to prevent and combat child, early and forced marriage, and take appropriate measures to fight all forms of violence against children and to promote their rights, including the right to education

Establish a human rights unit within the Ministry of Justice.

Enact, with immediate effect, the new Media Law passed by the Lower House of Parliament.

Include civil society and human rights defenders in the development of legislation and decision-making processes, through an institutionalized consultation process.

Strengthen its efforts to promote self-reliance of the returned refugees and IDPs

Identify specific challenges confronting the country, prioritize them in line with the needs and aspirations of its citizens and then seek support from the international community to face these challenges in a systematic and verifiable manner.

Take further steps to eliminate torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and to ensure an effective and impartial judicial system.

Take timely and efficient measures to ensure that the national legal framework properly incorporates international standards and conventions, ratified by Afghanistan, pertaining to women's rights, for example CEDAW.

Launch public information campaigns and work with religious leaders to raise awareness of the legal rights for women and girls guaranteed in Afghanistan's Constitution, including the legal age for marriage.

Take urgent and radical measures regarding legislation which will allow a real improvement of the situation of women and will guarantee the respect of their human rights, including, in particular, the right to education.

Give priority to achieving the objectives set by its national development strategy and in particular its commitment to ensure that women take, at minimum, 35 per cent of places in professional training programmes and 20 per cent of vacant posts.

Ensure that State institutions and the judiciary uphold human rights and that new legislation does not contravene international human rights law.

Stimulate those citizens with social influence, such as political leaders, journalists, artists and social elements with high visibility to increase society's awareness of human rights.

Persevere in fighting corruption, in educating its people and especially its children, and in further empowering its womenfolk for greater participation in all sectors.

Take all steps necessary to combat discrimination and violence against women, both in regards to legislation and awareness-raising to ensure that women are informed of their rights.

Continue efforts to increase the capacity to implement the national plan for women in Afghanistan.

Persevere in its praiseworthy efforts to promote women's rights, continue to attach high levels of importance to the human rights culture and pursue its dissemination among young generations within the framework of educational programmes.

Take all possible measures to prevent the recruitment of children and the use of child combatants by the Taliban.

Foster a genuine culture of human rights in line with national and regional particularities as well as cultural, historical and religious backgrounds

Redouble its efforts to fully implement, as soon as possible, the plan of action for peace, justice and reconciliation, adopted in 2005