A/HRC/32/9 45. Israel commended Paraguay for having taken several measures, including the adoption of the National Human Rights Action Plan and of a protocol applicable to transgender persons who had been deprived of their liberty. 46. Italy appreciated the prioritization of measures to tackle extreme poverty and to uphold women’s rights, as indicated by the creation of the Ministry for Women. 47. Kazakhstan welcomed the establishment of the national mechanism for the prevention of torture and of the Recommendations Monitoring System, which would facilitate efforts to follow up on recommendations made during the first review and recommendations made by treaty bodies and special procedures. 48. Kuwait welcomed measures to reduce poverty and combat human trafficking, the creation of the National Secretariat to Combat Corruption, and efforts to strengthen the rights of persons with disabilities. 49. Kyrgyzstan noted that Paraguay had made unprecedented steps to strengthen the legislative, institutional and policy mechanisms concerning human rights, and had issued a standing invitation to all the special procedure mandate holders. 50. The Lao People’s Democratic Republic noted the commitment of Paraguay to international cooperation and the work of the Human Rights Council, and welcomed the measures it had taken on gender equality and poverty reduction. 51. Lebanon welcomed the efforts Paraguay had made to fight poverty and to recognize the rights of indigenous communities. 52. Libya commended Paraguay for its establishment of a national institution and a national commission on the rights of persons with disabilities. It welcomed the cooperation that had taken place on the development of the National Human Rights Action Plan. 53. Liechtenstein welcomed the ratification by Paraguay of the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court and the fact that it had begun the process of ratifying the Amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on the crime of aggression. 54. Malaysia commended Paraguay for its overall progress in the promotion and protection of human rights and encouraged it to implement the commitments it had outlined in its national report. 55. Mexico welcomed the project to combat bullying in schools and the initiatives being taken on transparency and the abolition of the death penalty. 56. Montenegro asked about progress towards better interministerial coordination and cooperation with civil society and measures to improve national legislation in line with recommendations to prevent violence against women, sexual and gender-based violence and to punish the perpetrators of such violence. 57. Morocco welcomed efforts to reduce poverty, the policy of institutional transparency in the judiciary and the designation of the national mechanism for the prevention of torture. 58. Namibia, taking note of the efforts of Paraguay to reduce poverty, enquired whether it had been able to reach its target of reducing extreme poverty to 9.4 per cent by 2015. Namibia asked Paraguay about any best practices it could share in that regard. 59. The Netherlands commended Paraguay for being an example in the field of international human rights mechanisms. It noted, however, that no specific steps seemed to have been taken to protect the safety and rights of human rights defenders. 7