A/HRC/12/12 Page 9 39. Japan supported the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding the allocation of further financial resources to address the issue of children living in poverty. Regarding detention facilities, Japan hoped that Uruguay would further strengthen efforts to create a system that focuses on preventing repeat offenses and accelerating criminal trials. Japan recommended that Uruguay set up a national action plan with policy focusing on making the family the fundamental base for childcare, reducing the number of street children and child labour and ensuring the right of the child to education. 40. Colombia congratulated Uruguay for creating a national institute for human rights. Colombia commended the advances in the area of education, especially the Ceibal Plan, and invited Uruguay to share this important experience. Colombia recommended that Uruguay: (a) continue searching for a way to adopt a legal framework to enable Uruguayan citizens resident abroad to exercise their right to vote; (b) continue with all necessary efforts for the swift adoption and implementation of laws and programmes for the defence and promotion of human rights; (c) ensure that the Executive continues providing all the necessary support to the judiciary to make progress in the investigation of cases of human rights violations which took place during the dictatorship, and that it further continues providing all the necessary support to the work of the Comisión de Seguimiento de la Comisión para la Paz . 41. Mexico recognized advances regarding human rights for migrants, asylum–seekers and refugees. Mexico recommended that Uruguay (a) put in place the national institute of human rights that was recently provided for under law, and provide it with the necessary technical and financial resources, requesting cooperation from OHCHR; (b) adopt the necessary legislative and administrative measures to guarantee the security and safety of victims of domestic violence and facilitate their access to justice, legal assistance and medical and physiological care; (c) establish an inter-ministerial mechanism with the participation of civil society to discuss and implement international commitments in the area of human rights, including the recommendations emanating from the universal periodic review. 42. Paraguay noted that both countries share the goal of moving forward with the integration process in MERCOSUR, including the Asuncion Protocol of 2005. In this context, Paraguay recommended (a) that Uruguay put emphasis on this regional task because it will be beneficial for its own process and will be also a worthwhile contribution to other member States and will provide a model which other groups of countries can follow, since it is not common for States to work together in an integration model in order to promote human rights. It also recommended that the Government ((b) take on with determination the pending challenges with regard to children and women as a way to continue giving a good example to the region and the rest of the world in the promotion and protection of human rights. 43. Chile welcomed Uruguay’s achievements in terms of the fight against extreme poverty as well as education, health, women’s rights, freedom of expression, combating discrimination and recognizing the contribution of indigenous peoples to Uruguayan society. Chile recommended that Uruguay (a) continue strengthening the implementation of those measures already adopted and adopt new measures, whenever necessary, to ensure the enjoyment of human rights for its population, according particular importance to eradicating violence against women and ensuring the rights of the child; and (b) implement alternative measures to the deprivation of liberty, especially with regard to minors. 44. The Republic of Korea commended the Government for having refined the legal and institutional framework for the participation of citizens in politics and strengthened the social