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Continue the efforts to integrate persons with disabilities into the process of facilitating access to health care and education

Develop, with the technical support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, national legislation that includes the establishment of a procedure for the determination of refugee status, thus complying with the obligations derived from the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

Take all necessary measures to strengthen the promotion and protection of human rights and the dignity of older persons, particularly in the current situation of the extreme vulnerability they face in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Conduct a population census in 2022 in order to ensure that timely and disaggregated data is used in the formulation of human rights policies and to address social and economic inequalities

Continue its plans and programmes aimed at protecting vulnerable groups

Further reinforce its children’s rights framework through concrete measures to address child prostitution and sexual exploitation

Identify and protect children from sexual exploitation, reduce instances of child labour by increasing labour inspections and expand protections to the informal sector

Adopt a law to criminalize sexual exploitation and child prostitution and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

Take additional efforts to eliminate all forms of child labour and child abuse

Bring into full operation the national commission for the coordination of the implementation of the national child protection policy

Continue efforts to combat discrimination, ill-treatment and exploitation of children

Review, with a view to strengthening it, national legislation in the area of protection of children, especially in combating networks of trafficking and child labour

Consider extending the deadline for registering children at birth

Enact stricter laws regarding corporal punishment and child abuse

Register all births, provide all children with birth certificates and investigate and address all instances of neglect and abuse of children

Eliminate all forms of child labour as set out under the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention,1999 (No. 182) through the implementation of the national action plan

Sensitize populations on the need to register births

Take effective measures to better fight against child labour, and violence against children and women, including early marriage

Revise the children’s code to bring it into conformity with international law

Revise the Penal Code and all other legislation affecting children, in order to make sure that it meets the standards of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Take concrete measures to eliminate child labour and to ensure a universal family benefit programme for children

Take measures to ensure that all children are registered at birth

Strengthen its efforts to raise awareness on child labour

Strengthen efforts to protect children, including by ending child labour, violence against children, sexual violence and early marriage

Develop policies and legislation for the protection of the rights of the child, including the implementation of the national action plan on child labour, and the explicit prohibition of all corporal punishment of children in all settings as well as repeal all provisions defending its use

Grant the national committee on the rights of the child sufficient resources to enable it to play its role fully

Continue to take positive steps to eliminate corporal punishment in all settings, especially against children

Make the national commission for the rights of the child operational in order to better protect and defend children

Establish explicit prohibitions against all forms of corporal punishment on children in all settings, including at home, and eliminate any provision that allows this practice

Revise the Labour Code to fully harmonize it with international laws, and enforce the prohibition of child labour in the informal, agricultural and domestic sectors