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Ensure that refugees and asylum seekers are protected, and any attacks on them are subject to prompt, thorough and independent investigation

Consider developing an efficient system for identifying and addressing the individual support needs of children with disabilities

Continue its actions and initiatives to implement the national plan of action for persons with disabilities

Allocate financial and human resources to implement the national plan of action for persons with disabilities

Allocate financial and human resources to implement the national plan of action for persons with disabilities

Adopt legal and administrative provisions for the issuance of birth certificates free of charge, as well as for the establishment of civil registration offices in all districts, with a particular focus on rural areas

Prohibit child labour in accordance with international norms and standards, including by setting the minimum age for employment at 14 years, without exceptions, and take specific measures to ensure and stimulate that all children, including girls, attend school, in particular in rural and remote areas

Adopt legislative measures to criminalize all forms of sexual abuse, violence, exploitation and sale of children

Increase efforts to prevent child sexual exploitation

Adopt legislative measures to ensure that all forms of sexual abuse, exploitation and sale of children are prohibited and criminalized

Adopt legal provisions to criminalize all forms of sexual exploitation of children in compliance with international legal standards, specifically on sexual exploitation of children in prostitution and online child sexual exploitation, in order to afford substantive protection to all children, including those belonging to ethnic minorities

Take immediate actions to criminalize the sexual exploitation, abuse and sale of children

Reform legislation to prohibit forced marriage and put an end to impunity for perpetrators of violence against women and girls

Guarantee the strict application of the family law prohibiting early marriage and polygamy, particularly in rural and ethnic communities

Implement programmes and measures to end early pregnancy among and forced and early marriage of girls, in accordance with Sustainable Development Goal targets 5.3 and 5.4

Establish legislation to effectively criminalize child marriage and adopt effective measures to eliminate such practice

Take steps with a view to prohibiting early and forced marriage

Expand and accelerate implementation of existing frameworks in order to reduce the high rates of child marriage in rural areas

Ensure that corporal punishment of children, however light, is explicitly prohibited in the Penal Code

Prohibit all forms of corporal punishment of children in all settings

Foster efforts to strengthen child protection and protect children against violence

Take measures to further develop a comprehensive national policy and strategy for child protection with the aim of eliminating discrimination against children in marginalized or vulnerable situations, including girls

Adopt a comprehensive strategy to eliminate discrimination against children in marginalized or vulnerable situations

Continue the satisfactory progress, and the reform of the judicial and legal framework, related to the rights of the child

Continue efforts to develop a comprehensive child protection system with specific budget allocation, human resources and adequate follow-up mechanisms to ensure the full and effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Continue measures of promoting and protecting the rights of women and children, including awareness-raising and training

Ensure that all girls and women, especially those living in rural and remote areas, have access to education, eliminate discriminatory stereotypes keeping girls from attending school and build awareness among parents and local authorities on the importance of education for women

Continue adopting and implementing national plans to empower women in all spheres of life

Take measures to increase the representation of women in politics, particularly applying the 25 per cent quota for the representation of women at all levels of government

Enhance endeavours to increase women’s participation in public affairs and economic development