A/HRC/11/16* efficient support to Djibouti in its efforts to face material and technical challenges, which remain the major obstacle to agreed efforts to promote and protect human rights. 58. Argentina welcomed the ratification by Djibouti of the main international human rights instruments and highlighted the setting up of the national human rights commission. Argentina noted that CRC urged Djibouti to give particular attention to addressing discrimination against both girls and women by, inter alia, reviewing domestic legislation so as to ensure that discriminatory provisions, including those affecting inheritance rights, are removed and that adequate protection from discrimination is provided. Argentina requested information on measures taken to implement this recommendation. It also noted that in 2008, the ILO Committee of experts expressed the hope that Djibouti would incorporate in its labour law the principle of equal pay for equal work for men and woman. Argentina asked for further information in this regard. 59. Canada congratulated Djibouti for having signed ICERD, acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty and established the National Human Rights Commission. However, Canada (a) recommended that Djibouti ratify ICERD. Canada is concerned at reports indicating acts of repression against people in unions and (b) recommended that Djibouti respect the rights of unions, especially by refraining from arrest and arbitrary detention of, physical violence against and harassment of union representatives and from preventing union action. Canada also (c) recommended that Djibouti amend the 1992 law on freedom of communication of (Organization Act No. 2/AN/92) and update it on the basis of article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). In particular, Canada (d) recommended Djibouti amend: article 14, which stipulates that participants in the financial management of a press body must be citizens of Djibouti; article 17, which requires the director and vice-director of a media outlet to be residents of Djibouti; and article 47, which requires the director of an audiovisual outlet to be at least 40 years of age. It also (e) recommended that Djibouti eliminate imprisonment for the punishment of press offences. It further (f) recommended that the use of intimidation against journalists should cease and should lead to a climate of tolerance so that opinions from opposition politicians can be freely expressed. 60. Palestine noted the Government’s efforts to ratify the main international and regional human rights instruments and international humanitarian law. Palestine was particularly encouraged by Djibouti’s decision to abolish the death penalty and asked if, in the same vein, the Government has abolished emergency courts. It also requested information about the safeguards provided by the Constitution and the Criminal Code against violent assaults, arbitrary detention, torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. It Palestine encouraged Djibouti to proceed with its reform process despite all the challenges facing it. 61. Morocco welcomed Djibouti’s efforts in favour of a pluralist society, its promoting of human rights in its legal arsenal and its accession to numerous conventions. It recommended that Djibouti continue its efforts to enhance its legal and institutional arsenal, that being fundamental for the promotion and protection of human rights. It recommended Djibouti consolidate and enhance its advances in promoting civil and political rights, especially as regards freedom of expression, freedom of the media and the dissemination of a human rights culture. It recommended Djibouti continue to make access to justice a priority of its national policy. Morocco also recommended that the international community be more fully involved alongside the young State of Djibouti and accompany it in its efforts to consolidate the rule of law, notably through the integration of international norms into domestic law, training in the preparation of national reports on human rights and the inclusion of human rights in school curricula and training. It also recommended that the international community assist Djibouti in promoting conditions of development conducive 14 GE.09-15263