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Revise the Constitution, in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to avoid the rejection of naturalization for individuals on the grounds of physical or mental disability

Ensure a participatory and inclusive process with civil society in the implementation of the universal periodic review recommendations, including organizations representing minorities

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

Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and consequently amend its national legislation, in particular the Criminal Code

Develop policies favouring equal opportunities for women

Extend a specific invitation to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

Make efforts to resolve difficulties in repossessing property and acquiring citizenship for returnees, in order to ensure the successful integration of minorities into Croatian society

Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Ensure that independent, impartial and effective investigations into the unlawful use of force against women are carried out by Honduran law enforcement officials

Adopt effective measures to prevent gender-based violence and provide protection and assistance to victims, harmonize domestic legislation with international instruments on human trafficking

Review its national law in order to ensure full and unhampered enjoyment of human rights by all members of society, including those belonging to the most vulnerable groups, such as women, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons and indigenous peoples

Take necessary measures in order to guarantee to everyone who requests it, including those belonging to minorities, access to legal aid

Promote anti-discrimination through awareness-raising campaigns on legislation among workers, employers and the judiciary

Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

Adopt a list of hazardous jobs for children

Increase in the number of prisons countrywide

Consider the possibility of acceding to CRPD

Enforce all laws that protect children from trafficking and exploitation, and their uses in illegal activities

Pursue the strengthening of its cooperation with treaty bodies, step up its efforts in domesticating international human rights legal instruments by supporting its request to strengthen capacities in the areas which it has set out

Continue support for agencies such as the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences, and for the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy and Action Plan

The National Human Rights Institution be made fully operational and ensure that it functions in conformity with Paris Principles

Further strengthen the understanding of gender equality, in order to eliminate patriarchal attitudes and gender stereotypes

Ensure the prosecution and punishment of perpetrators of human trafficking as well as to endure necessary assistance to victims

Continue to strengthen good governance at all levels to enhance service delivery

Take necessary measures to actively combat violence against women and promote gender equality, in particular by reforming discriminatory legislation against women

Continue consolidating social protection programmes undertaken in favour of persons with disabilities

Take action towards more pervasive measures to prevent violations of the rights of children through, inter alia, training professionals such as teachers, doctors and social workers to identify potential situations of abuse and report them to the authorities

Strengthen measures to protect children from the worst forms of labour, and ensure full implementation of the Children's Protection and Welfare Act

Respect all its national and international obligations regarding forcibly displaced persons

Investigate all cases of domestic violence, in collaboration with the civil society engaged in this field and todevelop a comprehensive national strategy to facilitate equal access of girls and women to all levels and fields of education