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Take the necessary measures to support the enjoyment of rights by persons with disabilities on an equal footing with others

Adopt a disability human rights-based approach to ensure the effective application of the law on the rights of persons with disabilities and the national policy for the inclusive development of persons with disabilities

Ensure sufficient resources for the implementation of the Child Rights Protection Act 2015, the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2015, the Human Rights Committee Act 2015 and the Gender Equality Act 2019 legislation

Step up actions to ensure prompt registration of births and issuance of birth certificates, particularly in rural areas, and ensure the registration of children born out of wedlock and of adolescent mothers

Strengthen its efforts to introduce birth registration procedures and issuance of birth certificates

Take further steps to prevent and combat all forms of violence against children and eliminate discrimination against children belonging to disadvantaged groups, in particular regarding their access to education, clean water and sanitation and adequate health-care services

To incorporate into its national law the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to protect children from discrimination, in particular all groups that are marginalized and vulnerable, such as children living with disabilities and those in rural areas

Harmonize the juvenile justice system with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and amend article 107 of the Criminal Code to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 18 years

In order to further protect the rights of women and girls, take measures, including the allocation of human and financial resources, to carry out efficient and impartial investigations, as well as establish the minimum legal marriage age at 18 years

Support efforts towards the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, particularly with regard to education and physical and mental health

Enhance the protection of the rights of children, including by adopting legislation establishing a minimum age for entering the labour market and preventing child, early and forced marriages

Ensure an effective treatment for the phenomenon of child labour, especially its worst forms

Initiate effective efforts and legislation to combat domestic violence, in particular violence against children

Fight child labour and ensure children’s protection and access to education

Ensure free and compulsory registration of any child born in the country

Increase services for the protection of children, including adequate staffing for Human Rights Office in the Ministry of Culture and Internal Affairs

Take urgent measures to prohibit violence against children and further protect the rights of children

Prohibit corporal punishment of children in all settings, including at home, and repeal the authorization of the use of force to correct children’s misconduct in the Criminal Code

Entirely prohibit the corporal punishment of children, inter alia, by amending the Criminal Code of 2011

Continue its efforts to ensure that corporal punishment in all settings is prohibited

Take measures to put an end to the corporal punishment of children in all settings and encourage non-violent forms of discipline as an alternative

Explicitly prohibit corporal punishment in all settings, including by amending the Child Rights Protection Act 2015 and the Domestic Violence Prevention and Protection (Amendment) Act 2018

Continue its efforts to implement legislative and policy measures on child rights protection

Urgently address patriarchal norms to affirm women’s rights

Adopt a comprehensive strategy to eliminate patriarchal attitudes and discriminatory stereotypes concerning the roles of women and men in the family and in society

Organize awareness-raising programmes to eliminate gender- discriminatory stereotypes

Further enhance efforts to promote and protect the rights of women and children

Step up measures to narrow the gender pay gap by encouraging equal pay for equal work

Adopt coordinated and adequately funded awareness-raising activities and programmes targeting men and boys and aimed at changing attitudes and promoting positive norms of masculinity