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Adopt measures to protect refugees, migrants and asylum seekers from torture and ensure the protection of migrant children

Enact and implement the envisaged bill on the rights and social inclusion of persons with disabilities

Take additional steps to mitigate the potential economic exclusion and social isolation of persons with disabilities, including children, considering the COVID-19 pandemic

Continue its ongoing efforts to build a more inclusive society, including by developing inclusive education policies for children with disabilities and by undertaking further awareness-raising activities at the local level on the key aspects of its disability policies

Take further steps to mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities and ensure their representation and meaningful participation in decision- making processes

Continue its efforts to strengthen the rights of persons with disabilities, especially their access to higher education

Intensify its follow-up on the implementation of the national plan of action with regard to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Continue to protect the rights of persons with disabilities

Pursue the efforts to strengthen the rights of persons with disabilities and guarantee equal opportunities in access to education for children with disabilities

Strengthen access to education for children with disabilities

Reform the juvenile justice system to ensure that the rights of children and the best interests of the child are respected in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Review the juvenile justice system and introduce a juvenile criminal law with a view to developing alternatives to detention and reducing prison sentences for offenders under 18 years of age

Ensure that poverty and disability are not used as justifications for removing children from parental care

Consider developing a comprehensive strategy for preventing and combating all forms of violence against children and put in place robust measures to effectively implement the national plan of action to advance the rights of children

Launch awareness-raising campaigns to fight domestic violence and to raise further awareness about the consequences of it

Develop a legal framework aimed at combating domestic and gender- based violence

Adopt legislation specifically criminalizing violence against women, particularly domestic and sexual violence

Continue to take steps to combat violence against women, including through legislative reforms

Adopt effective legislation criminalizing violence against women, namely domestic and sexual violence

Consider undertaking the necessary reforms to criminalize violence against women, in particular domestic and sexual violence

Develop specific legislation to combat domestic violence, including by establishing complaints mechanisms and strengthening the role of civil society in laws, policies, programmes and services to prevent and protect against domestic violence

Adopt a comprehensive law criminalizing all forms of violence against women, particularly domestic and sexual violence

Redouble efforts in conducting awareness-raising and training for duty bearers towards preventing and addressing gender-based violence and ensuring victims’ access to appropriate services

Allocate sufficient resources to training for law enforcement and the judiciary in addressing cases related to violence against women

Adopt the necessary legal measures and reforms to prevent and combat all forms of discrimination, as well as violence against women, in particular domestic and sexual violence

Conduct awareness-raising campaigns and educational events aimed at eradicating sexist stereotypes

Regularly cover in the national media the issue of gender equality

Take measures to raise public awareness on gender-based discrimination, in consultation with non-governmental organizations

Take specific measures to reduce the gender pay gap, and combat the negative stereotypes regarding women in the area of work

Continue to make efforts to provide educational facilities and opportunities to girls and women and advance equal access to vocational training facilities