A/HRC/31/6 127.55 Establish clear legal protections for human rights defenders and civil society organizations and abide by them (United States of America); 127.56 Promote a higher and adequate representation of women in the public institutions (Italy); 127.57 Further integrate measures of protection and promotion of human rights, especially economic, social and cultural rights, into the national socio-economic development strategies (Viet Nam); 127.58 Further strengthen national programs to combat poverty and social exclusion in favour of the most vulnerable sectors of the population (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela); 127.59 Continue efforts in poverty eradication through effective implementation of its Strategic Framework for Poverty Eradication as well as the National Strategy on Food Security and the Strategy for the Rural Sector (Malaysia); 127.60 Continue its efforts to adopt a development policy to meet the needs of the people to reduce poverty in order to protect and promote human rights (Yemen); 127.61 Improve access to education for marginalized groups in order to improve social and economic conditions for them. One group that may benefit from this are the Harratin (Germany); 127.62 Adopt policies to facilitate access of descendants of slaves to education and employment under conditions of equality (Congo); 127.63 Take further steps to ensure inclusive education and facilitate girls’ access to secondary and higher education (Armenia). 128. The following recommendations will be examined by Mauritania, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the thirty-first session of the Human Rights Council, in March 2016: 128.1 Ratify the Convention against Discrimination in Education (Kuwait); 128.2 Consider the possibility of ratifying International Labour Organization Convention 189 on domestic workers (Panama); 128.3 Continue its efforts in expressing its international obligations through domestic laws (Bahrain); 128.4 Complete the transposition of treaties ratified by Mauritania into national law and promote their dissemination and effective implementation (Spain); 128.5 Reform its nationality law, provide women the capacity to acquire, retain and transfer citizenship on an equal basis with men, and bring the law into compliance with international human rights standards (Kenya); 128.6 Fully and effectively implement the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and ensure that the rights of women and children are respected, most particularly when they are in detention (Netherlands). 129. The recommendations below did not enjoy the support of Mauritania and would thus be noted: GE.15-22687 21/26

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