ينبغي للدولة الطرف أن تتخذ الخطوات اللازمة لجعل تشريعها يتفق مع العهد فيما يتصل بحماية الحياة (المادة 6)، كيما يتسنى مساعدة المرأة على تفادي الحمل غير المرغوب فيه وعدم الحاجة إلى اللجوء إلى الإجهاض السري الذي قد يعرض حياتها للخطر، كما ورد ذكر ذلك في تعليق اللجنة العام رقم 28.
It should ensure that alleged instances of ill-treatment and torture are vigorously investigated by genuinely independent mechanisms and that those responsible for such actions are prosecuted. The State party should provide statistics from 2000 to the present day on how many complaints have been made to the Attorney-General, how many have been turned down as unsubstantiated, how many have been turned down because the defence of necessity has been applied and how many have been upheld, and with what consequences for the perpetrators.