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Continue with efforts to combat violence against women and children, and efforts to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women

Promote and increase efforts for women’s participation in political life and decision-making at all levels

Continue to strengthen health care and to especially improve services for maternal health, for newborns and for children

Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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

Adopt legislative measures and political measures to combat discrimination against women and guarantee gender equality in the public and private spheres

Increase awareness-raising and information campaigns to combat violence against women

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

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

Take the actions referred to in paragraph 138 of its national report as part of the revision and amendment of national legislation

Continue its democratization process, including efforts to enhance respect for the civil rights of its citizens to ensure equal and full enjoyment of fundamental human rights

Improve its record on reporting to the United Nations treaty bodies, including by submitting its overdue reports to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Committee on the Rights of the Child

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

Accept the request for a visit of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice

In order to increase its capacity-building in the sphere of human rights, cooperate with the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States in the Work of the Human Rights Council, bearing in mind that the Fund is mandated to support targeted training courses and capacity-building activities on the international human rights system and international human rights law as well as induction training sessions for government officials of the least developed countries and small island developing States to provide them with information on the multilateral human rights system

Launch the review of the legislative instruments referred to in paragraph 138 of the national report

Establish a monitoring and reporting system on the implementation of the education policy framework

Create a monitoring system for the implementation of the current education policy framework for the period 2004–2019

Establish a national human rights institution, capable of promoting and protecting human rights in the country, and that receives sufficient human and financial resources to guarantee its proper functioning

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

Formally abolish the death penalty, including by ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

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

Finalize and adopt the draft law revising the Act No. 010-2009, as follow-up to the recommendations in paragraphs 135.44, 135.54 and 135.61 of the report of the Working Group on its second review cycle

Intensify its efforts in the implementation of pending recommendations

Consider the establishment of a national coordination mechanism for drafting reports, follow-up and implementation of recommendations, in line with the elements of the 2016 OHCHR guide on national mechanisms for reporting and follow-up

Ratify the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and continue efforts to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance as recommended by Brazil in the previous review

Continue bringing national human rights legislation into line with international human rights standards

Commit the necessary legal, institutional and financial resources to implement the peace agreement without delay in order to achieve sustainable peace

Include measures aimed at ensuring increasing efficiency and accountability of public service in its national development agency

Continue its efforts to address gaps in the implementation of relevant policies and legislation in promoting and protecting human rights