A/HRC/24/22 Article 55 of the Constitution of Ukraine enshrined the right of a person “to appeal for the protection of his rights and freedoms to the relevant international judicial institutions or to the relevant bodies of international organizations of which Ukraine is a member or participant”. Ukraine has recognized the competence of the Human Rights Committee to review individual complaints of its citizens on violations of their rights. 31. The National Centre for Human Rights of Uzbekistan asserted that the protection of human rights should include development and strengthening of religious tolerance, respect and non-discrimination in relation to nationality and support and assistance to vulnerable groups, such as children, women and disabled, ill and older persons. The tradition of oriental hospitality, honesty and charity were supported by religious organizations. The Centre supported respect for the languages, customs and culture of different nationalities through 140 national cultural centres and special projects such as the Projects Foundation of Culture and Art of Uzbekistan “Asrlar sadosi”, and “Bazar-Art”. C. United Nations agencies 32. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) stated that traditional values could be practically applied in the promotion and protection of human rights, particularly through human rights education. As the main provider of primary education in its five fields of operations, with 691 elementary and preparatory schools providing free basic education for nearly half a million Palestine refugee children, UNRWA made significant efforts to defining an approach to human rights education that addressed and incorporated traditional values. 33. The UNRWA Policy on Education for Human Rights, Conflict Resolution and Tolerance recognized the importance of a child’s cultural identity, language and values, and the national values of the country in which the child is living or from which he or she originates in accordance with article 29, paragraph 1 (c), of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Through reference to that Convention, it was possible to demonstrate how human rights education and education on traditional values and related issues were complementary, and not mutually exclusive. D. Academic institutions 34. The Instituto de Ciencias para el Matrimonio y la Familia, Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, Peru, highlighted that situations such as higher rates of addictions, lack of respect for authority or neglect of elders visibly denied human dignity and respect and limited social development. That was rooted in the distortion of the concept of family, which was the foundation and reflection of society and which helped individuals to understand values and principles. Families founded on marriage played an important role for joint protection and integration as well as care for the disabled and the elderly. For that reason and to make beneficial progress, public policies with a family perspective should be applied, especially within the realm of human rights. 35. The institution of the family, and marriage between men and women and related rights have been protected in international instruments, including article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 1 of the Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage, and Registration on Marriage, Article 23 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 10 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Article 5 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. At the regional level, Article VI of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, Article 17 of the American Convention on Human Rights and Article 15 of 8