A/HRC/31/7 15. The position taken by the Government of Nauru was in line with Facebook community standards on the prohibition of pornography, bullying, harassment and content that promotes sexual violence or exploitation. 16. Recently, the Government of Nauru had come under a lot of criticism regarding the revocation of the passport of a member of parliament. The Government of Nauru was of the view and strongly believed that the process of revocation had been done to ensure that the natural course of justice would unfold until such a time that the court ruled that the passport in question could be returned and that justice was met. In addition, the revocation of the passport of the individual, who had been charged with a crime in line with the laws of Nauru, would allow due process to be carried out. 17. The Government of Nauru was pleased to announce that it had officially completed its report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child; its report to the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; and its common core document. The Government of Nauru looked forward to receiving recommendations from the various treaty committee bodies with regards to its national reports and looked forward to working with national, regional and international partners on the implementation of the said recommendations. The initial report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child contained an analysis on the status of children, law reforms in relation to children rights and the implementation of children’s rights in Nauru. The report to the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women contained the initial commentaries on the status of women in Nauru. It provided an overview of the legal, civil, political, social and cultural status of women in Nauru. The common core document discussed issues relating to the economic, social, cultural and political environment of Nauru. It is envisaged that the report to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities would be completed by the end of November 2015. In addition, the reports had been written in partnership with the Department of Justice and Border Control and other relevant government departments, namely, the Department of Women’s Affairs and Division of Child Protection Services. 18. The Head of the delegation stated that the new Criminal Code endeavoured to provide more clarity in the characterization of offences and offered a more modernized view of addressing the various components of violence against women. It was envisaged that the current and urgent review of the Criminal Code 1899 would provide the most suitable opportunity to incorporate a strong definition of domestic violence offence, which currently was non-existent. Domestic violence provisions would form part of the Criminal Code dealing with offences against the person. In addition, work on stand-alone domestic violence legislation was under way with relevant partners and agencies. The Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s Regional Rights Resource Team has been approached to provide guidance and support on the development of a stand-alone legislation for that purpose. 19. The Government of Nauru was pleased to state that there had been an increase in the number of Nauruans seeking the assistance of the both the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Public Defender. In addition, refugees had the protection of and access to the legal system. Both the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Public Defender’s Office had worked on decreasing the backlog of cases that had been mounting for a number of years, largely owing to the increase in staff for both offices and, more importantly, a reporting and implantation system was in place. 20. The head of the delegation noted that, too often, the people of Nauru had been deprived of legal representation in a court of law, largely owing to their inability to pay legal fees to their legal representatives. Established in 2014, the Public Legal Defender’s Office offered free legal assistance in and out of court primarily in criminal cases, in an attempt to promote better access to justice for Nauruans. This had paved the way for a healthy legal structure where no party was disadvantaged or left out. The Public Legal Defender’s Office services were slowly being recognized and utilized by the people of 5