A/HRC/10/29 599. At its 31st meeting, on 20 March 2009, the Council considered and adopted the outcome of the review on Cape Verde (see section C below). 600. The outcome of the review on Cape Verde comprises the report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (A/HRC/10/81), the views of Cape Verde concerning the recommendations and/or conclusions, and its voluntary commitments and replies presented before the adoption of the outcome by the plenary to questions or issues that were not sufficiently addressed during the interactive dialogue in the Working Group. (a) Views expressed by the State under review on the recommendations and/or conclusions as well as on its voluntary commitments and on the outcome 601. The representative of Cape Verde reiterated the resolve of the Government to pursue the process of the universal periodic review. He thanked all delegations that had intervened in the interactive dialogue in December 2008, making relevant comments and recommendations, which had allowed an in-depth analysis of the human rights situation in the country. 602. Cape Verde stated that, as underlined in December, the Constitution enshrined the absolute character of the dignity of the human being and ensured that all Cape Verdean citizens enjoy rights and freedoms, including the right to life and integrity, the right to participate in political life and to exercise rights inherent to citizenship. The Constitution also recognized the rights of foreign residents and foreigners temporarily living in the country, protected the right to work and the right not to be the subject of discrimination, as well as economic, social and cultural rights. 603. Cape Verde had acceded to the main international human rights instruments, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Optional Protocols on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and on the involvement of children in armed conflict, and the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. 604. With regard to the recommendations contained in the Working Group report (A/HRC/10/81), the representative for Cape Verde stated that recommendations 11, 12, 15, 24, 38, 40, 41, 45, 47, 49 and 50 had been accepted and measures for their implementation would be taken as soon as possible. 605. Regarding recommendations 1, 13, 18 and 22, he noted that the State’s domestic legislation already prohibited all forms of violence by law enforcement officials, and that the monitoring and follow-up of relevant provisions would continue. 606. As far as recommendations 2, 16, 19, 21, 28 and 48 were concerned, the State’s judicial system had already adopted a number of instruments for the protection of the right of the child and minors, in particular a new criminal code, adopted in 2004, which notably repressed violence within the family circle. 607. With regard to recommendations 3, 8, 14, 42 and 43, the Government of Cape Verde was in the process of implementing a national plan of action against gender violence for the period 2009–2011. The plan included provisions for the integration of foreign women, and against all forms of violence, including trafficking. 186 GE.09-17451