Most northern Mediterranean countries have no specific legislation for combating desertification.

Promotion criteria are defined by specific legislation for specific areas, such as education, public administration and the health sector.

Nevertheless, the State party must strive to accelerate the enactment of specific legislation.

Unlike in other countries, that process did not require the adoption of specific legislation.

However, there is a need for specific national legislation which would guarantee child rights.

Several Member States reported on the adoption of non discrimination legislation and other disability specific legislation, as well as on modifications of existing legislation to extend its scope to persons with disabilities.

In its previous concluding comments, the Committee recommended that specific anti discrimination legislation be introduced.

But, rather than producing a specific proposal, he left it to Congress to design the legislation.

There is a natural fear that specific legislation designed to protect privacy would muzzle legitimate press inquiries.

Germany indicated that trafficking in and removal of organs were dealt with in its specific legislation on transplantations.

(a) Enact specific legislation criminalizing torture in all its forms, as defined in article 1 of the Convention

Ms. Singhateh (Gambia) said that there was no specific legislation in the Gambia on domestic violence against women.

The Portuguese penal procedure legislation already contains special instruments on the investigation of offences of terrorism, and, in most recent years, specific legislation on the protection of witnesses was approved (Law no.

In Latin America, the number of countries with specific legislation to punish sexual predators who target children increased to nine.

Currently, no specific act in Benin's legislation requires the notary or attorney to report the fraudulent origin of suspicious transactions.

In particular, the Committee encourages MSAR to consider enacting specific legislation criminalizing domestic violence and affording effective protection to victims.

The following specific concerns are among the issues to be addressed by Governments when drafting and implementing legislation against terrorism

Under Latvia's national legal system, legislation was incorporated under specific areas of the law, such as civil law or administrative law, rather than being adopted as specific laws covering certain issues.

The Advisory Council itself did not have a rural unit, and there was no specific provision relating to them in legislation.

There is a need for enabling legislation on multi stakeholder processes that sets umbrella goals, leaving the specific implementation to lower levels.

propose and perfect specific legislation as well as contribute to the implementation of international decisions and documents regarding terrorism and its financing

A number of States made reference to specific difficulties hampering the adoption of adequate national legislation to implement the provisions of the Protocol.

Myanmar owed its success in fighting illicit narcotic drugs to political will and specific action in the areas of prevention, legislation and enforcement.

It is therefore encouraging to note that over the past five years several countries have adopted specific policies or legislation concerning internal displacement.

In many instances, the introduction of supportive legislative and fiscal frameworks may play a critical role, either through the creation of specific volunteering legislation or through ensuring that other legislation and public policy is supportive of volunteering.

It was also impractical to enact a single piece of legislation to implement the Convention, owing to the risk of conflict with existing legislation, notably the several acts dealing in very specific terms with various forms of discrimination.

Security matters at seaports are within the framework of the ISPS Code, in force since July 1st 2004, and specific legislation is being prepared.

The Government has established a Justice Minister's Committee on Violence Against Women, to address specific issues, such as the need for family violence legislation.

To promote gender perspectives in legislation, the basic guarantees of equality were enshrined in the 1992 Constitution, which accorded specific articles to women's rights.

The great majority of domestic insolvency and corporate law regimes do not address the treatment of corporate groups in specific legislation or at all.

It is also concerned that the State party's report lacks specific data on sexual exploitation and trafficking of children and information on legislation on sexual exploitation.

Urges States that have not done so to introduce national mechanisms to prevent and combat corruption through the adoption and implementation of specific anti corruption legislation

To a large extent, this is still the prevailing view in some countries' education systems, despite the existence of legislation that sets specific objectives in this area.

He was also curious about the prohibition on abortion and wondered whether the Government might not envisage the adoption of legislation to permit it in certain specific circumstances.

The Joint Standing Committee of the Parliament on the Empowerment of Women supported specific gender equality legislation and monitored the application of gender equality principles in all laws.

Though domestic violence was already punishable under existing laws, specific legislation was clearly needed, and had been called for by 11 female members of Parliament in late 2004.

After considerable delays, a number of key Comprehensive Peace Agreement commissions were established and staffed, and some of the specific legislation required to create the remaining commissions was adopted.

It is also concerned at the lack of specific legislation prohibiting the sale, use and trafficking of controlled substances by children, and also of treatment programmes in this regard.

Most States did not have specific legislation on mercenaries (as, for example, existed in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Belgium, South Africa and, more recently, New Zealand).

5.3 The author maintains that he has not asked the Committee to conduct an in abstracto review of the State party's legislation, but its inappropriateness to his specific case.

Ms. Yesildaglar (Turkey) said that, although there had been no legislation per se concerning temporary special measures, in practice specific measures had been taken to improve the situation of women.

Other legislation added to the elements of the crime the specific types and aims of military operations, such as the overthrowing of the State authorities in violation of territorial integrity (Ukraine).

New Zealand does have some specific legislation within its insolvency law, which is principally based on providing a legislative sanction for the pragmatic practices used in other countries as mentioned above.

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