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Offer longer-term alternatives that would allow trafficking victims to stay in the country on a work or residency permit, rather than solely offering repatriation or asylum

Accept the right to present individual communications provided for the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and withdraw the reservation to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Take effective measures to ensure equal access of women to the labour market and to narrow and ultimately close the wage gap between men and women

Continue consultations to set up a national human rights institution and materialize this project as soon as possible

To South Sudan to establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty

Adhere to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its two Optional Protocols and endorse the Paris Commitments to protect children from unlawful recruitment or use by armed forces or armed groups

In light of exceptional circumstances, appeal to the international community for its consent to cancelling Sudan%u2019s debt, which would constitute remarkable progress towards achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, ensure conditions of an equitable economic development and have a positive impact on the enjoyment of human rights for millions of Sudanese

Consider measures aimed at ensuring freedom of religion for groups which will become minorities in the two countries after the emergence of the new State

Appeal to the international community to take individual and collective initiatives to exempt the debts of Sudan

Foresee measures that would guarantee the right to their religions to groups that will become minorities in both countries after the birth of the new State, namely Muslims in South Sudan and non-Muslims in (north) Sudan

Adopt legislation and measures to allow the free practice of religions in Sudan and in South Sudan

Increase the efforts in the field of civil protection in the transition period

Complete its transition from a militarized society to a democratic system based on the rule of law under civilian rule

Take concrete steps to ensure freedom of the media and investigate any intimidation and arbitrary detention of journalists and human rights defenders with a view to bringing such practices to an end

Strengthen awareness of and respect for human rights within the armed forces, police and judiciary

Respect the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly by allowing human rights defenders, political dissidents and journalists to express their views freely in line with international human rights law

Adhere to the Convention against Torture and its Optional Protocol and to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Establish a moratorium on executions with a view to the definitive abolition of the death penalty

Ensure that after independence, no one will be discriminated against because of their origin from the other State, respectively

Repeal all laws that discriminate against women

Ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa

Ratify, without limiting reservations, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol

Consider establishing national human rights institutions in compliance with the Paris Principles

Strengthen the capacity to adequately protect and promote human rights in cooperation with OHCHR

Continue to fully cooperate with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Sudan

Cooperate in the follow-up to this review

Strengthen cooperation with all the mechanisms of this Council

Bring all constitutional provisions and relevant laws into line with the CPA and international obligations

Draft their Constitutions in an inclusive process with the participation of civil society, women and minorities. Also, ensure that the new Constitutions include a catalogue of human rights, in particular the freedom of speech and assembly, and take the multiethnic and multireligious background of their population into account