Position Recommendation OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, SAMOA Samoa’s Second Universal Periodic Review Implementation Comments violence. 74.18.Implement policies to ensure the promotion of the rights of women and children, specifically with regard to combating domestic violence and ending discrimination against women (South Africa); Supported Partly implemented See report paras [12] – [23]. Supported Partly implemented See report paras [17] – [23]. See comment 75.36. Supported Partly implemented Corporal punishment is banned in schools by s.23 of the Education Act 2009. See report paras [22] – [23]. 74.22.Design policies which strengthen the rights of the child, and in that regard, sensitize the population to end corporal punishment and child labour (Spain); Supported Partly implemented See comment 74.20. 74.23.Address the elimination of child labour in the ongoing 1972 Labour and Employment Act review (Slovakia); Supported Partly implemented Child labour is regulated through s.51 of the Labour and Employment Relations Act 2013 and ss.20-21 of the Education Act 2009. Further restrictions on child labour are included in the Child Care and Protection Bill currently before Parliament. See report para [21]. 75.37.Equalize the legal minimum age of marriage for girls and boys (Norway); Supported Not implemented This is sought to be addressed through the Child Care and Protection Bill, currently before Parliament. Children: protection against exploitation 74.19.Adopt and implement appropriate, efficient policy to address the sexual exploitation of children (Slovakia); Supported Partly implemented See comment 75.37. 74.24.Continue and intensify the fight against social scourges, with a focus on reducing domestic violence and juvenile delinquency (Algeria); Supported Partly implemented Children: definition, general principles, protection 74.20.Implement fully the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, including by taking measures to address the issue of child labour, prohibiting corporal punishment, and raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility to an internationally acceptable level (Slovenia); 74.21.Ban corporal punishment as a disciplinary measure in schools and in homes, and conduct awareness campaigns so as to reduce the scope of such action (Norway); 29