PART FOUR ................................................................................................................................... 184
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN RESPECT OF THE 3rd, 4th
and 5th COMBINED PERIODIC REPORTS ................................................................................. 184
Recommendations ........................................................................................................................ 184
i. Consider in the next reports all the thematic areas based on the guidelines for the
preparation of periodic reports ..................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
ii.Accelerate the procedure for the adoption of codes and laws including on-going reforms.
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iii. Ensure that new laws are consistent with Togo’s international and regional commitments.
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Take the necessary measures to promote schooling of girls and sensitize women about
their human rights and strengthen the leadership role of women. Error! Bookmark not defined.
vii. Adopt a law on quota in order to enhance the rate of representation of women in decisionmaking bodies ............................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
viii. Accelerate the process of issuing permits to Associations and NGOs. .... Error! Bookmark
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ix.Provide in subsequent reports gender disaggregated data in all the thematic areas . .......Error!
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x.Decentralize health services, provide them with equipment and competent human resources.
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xi.Decentralise the screening centres which are highly concentrated in the capital . ...........Error!
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xiv. Involve civil society organizations in the preparation and drafting of periodic reports. ..... 187
xv.xvi. xvii and xviii. Take all the necessary measures to improve the conditions of detention and
the quality of rations served. ........................................................................................................ 187
Comply with minimum acceptable standards at the regional and international levels in the area
of accommodation facilities for detainees . ................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Recruit female prison wardens to avoid a situation where female prisons continue to be guarded
by male prison wardens. ................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
xxiii. Sensitize all segments of the population on their rights, judicial procedures and existing
mechanisms for redress. ............................................................................................................... 190
xxiv. Take all the necessary legislative measures as well as all other measures to eradicate child
trafficking . ................................................................................................................................... 191
xxv. Take all the necessary legislative measures aimed at eradicating vodou and tronsi cult
practices that are inimical to children’s development. ................................................................ 192
xxvi. Ensure the effective implementation of the law on female genital mutilation and strengthen
measures for the eradication of the practice of cutting. .............................................................. 193
xxvii. Adopt measures to address the issue of unemployment ..................................................... 194
xxix. Make use of and take measures to popularize the Robben Island Guidelines, particularly for
the benefit of officials in charge of implementing laws . ............................................................. 196
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