A/HRC/31/7 Nauru. Consequently, the Public Defender’s work included giving free legal advice, drafting family applications, such as divorce petitions, providing legal representation, for example to refugees who were charged with criminal offences, and assisting correctional inmates applying for parole. 21. Article 10 (3) (e) of the Constitution of the Republic of Nauru guarantees the right of legal representation, if justice so requires. The establishment of that office strengthened this Constitutional requirement to ensure justice was afforded to every accused person in court. Legal representation in court had become more accessible now, and that ensured that justice was not only done, but seen to be done. 22. Access to justice for women and children victims had greatly improved with the setting-up of working groups with the Domestic Violence Unit of the Nauru Police Force and the introduction of women and family department counsellors, to ensure that cases were brought to court and eventually to trial, and the likelihood of conviction was high. 23. The court was deemed to be doing its own functions and this had strengthened the rule of law with everyone being equal before the law, irrespective of their status or standing. The rule of law had further been strengthened with the clear demarcation among law enforcement agencies and their respective powers. 24. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions had strengthened its relationship with the police and that had been a big success for the office and one which the Government hoped to continuously foster. 25. Currently, the Nauru Supreme Court had three judges, rather than just one, thus removing the limitation of only one justice making all decisions. In addition, members of the Nauru bench had tended to cases and were also currently dealing with cases that were constitutional and political in nature. The judiciary also held office for a female judge of the Supreme Court and a female Resident Magistrate of the District Court. 26. The Government of Nauru was currently embarking on a nationwide consultation with regard to the Leadership Code Bill and what that would mean in terms of transparency and governance generally among leaders in Nauru. It was envisaged that the Leadership Code would bind: (a) the Head of State; (b) the Speaker of Parliament; (c) the Chief Justice; (d) judges of the Supreme Court; (e) cabinet ministers; (f) members of parliament; (g) heads of government departments; (h) heads of statutory bodies; (i) heads of government commercial companies and board of directors; and (j) heads of church organizations. 27. Finally, the Government of Nauru called on the United Nations to make the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol to be elevated to be a core human rights treaty. 28. The head of the delegation concluded by assuring the Council that the Government of Nauru very much saw the review process as part of its national endeavours to ensure systematic human rights work. The recommendations Nauru had received would be an important reference point in its continued work. B. Interactive dialogue and responses by the State under review 29. During the interactive dialogue, 40 delegations made statements. Recommendations made during the dialogue are to be found in section II of the present report. Georgia stated that substantial work must still be done in different areas, inter alia, in international human rights standards and children’s rights. Georgia made recommendations.30. 6