A/HRC/54/10 122.159 Complete reviewing draft legislation to improve the provisions of law in several areas, including the draft text to amend the Sexual Offences Act to criminalize marital rape (Türkiye); 122.160 Continue the process to amend the Sexual Offences Act to criminalize marital rape (Canada); 122.161 Adopt, without delay, amendments to the Sexual Offences Act expressly criminalizing marital rape and removing temporal limitations to the right to file a complaint for marital rape (Iceland); 122.162 Adopt the amendment to the Sexual Offences Act that explicitly criminalizes marital rape (Israel); 122.163 Hasten the process of draft legislation to amend the Sexual Offences Act that will include the criminalization of marital rape (Indonesia); 122.164 Step up efforts for combating and preventing domestic and genderbased violence, including by criminalizing marital rape in the Sexual Offences Act (Brazil); 122.165 Ensure the criminalization of the crime of marital rape in all cases without exception in the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act (Mexico); 122.166 Review existing criminal provisions in order to ensure that they explicitly criminalize all forms of rape, including marital rape (Colombia); 122.167 Pass a law to criminalize spousal rape, including for couples who are not separated or in the process of divorce (United States of America); 122.168 Expedite the passage of the bill to prohibit marital rape in the Penal Code (Belgium); 122.169 Adopt specific legislation that addresses gender-based violence and includes marital rape as a crime and make progress in adopting legislative measures that improve the protection of women’s rights and encourage greater participation of women in politics (Spain); 122.170 Address, immediately and from a gender perspective, complaints of gender-based violence and promote the amendment of the Sexual Offences Act to include marital rape (Costa Rica); 122.171 Take adequate measures to combat sexual and gender-based violence, including by amending relevant legal frameworks to outlaw spousal rape (Germany); 122.172 Strengthen the capacities of the judicial system and the police in the area of women’s human rights, gender equality and violence and develop programmes to sensitize public officials about the stigmatization suffered by women and girls who report cases of gender-based violence and claim their rights (Peru); 122.173 Enhance cooperation and technical assistance with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and relevant partners to effectively implement and enforce the strategic plan on gender-based violence and the Anti-Gender-Based Violence Bill once adopted (Samoa); 122.174 Redouble the Government’s efforts to address gender-based violence, particularly domestic violence (South Sudan); 122.175 Adopt the comprehensive draft bill and the draft national strategic plan to address gender-based violence (Ukraine); 122.176 Take effective measures to prevent and end gender-based violence, including high rates of domestic violence and femicide (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); GE.23-11804 19