A/HRC/13/10 signed the Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers. Referring to a 2007 recommendation of the Committee against Torture that Portugal provide information on measures to relinquish the use of electric “TaserX26” weapons, Pakistan requested information on the follow-up to this recommendation. 47. Regarding cases of violence against ethnic minorities, the Czech Republic asked about existing complaint mechanisms for victims or their families. It appreciated Portugal’s detailed explanation on the non-refoulement principle. It made recommendations. 48. Chile valued the important progress made regarding the protection of the rights of women and children, highlighting the third National Plan for Equality Citizenship and Gender, the third Plan against Domestic Violence, the Initiative for Infant Care and Adolescence, and the first National Plan against Human Trafficking. Chile welcomed the legislation to prohibit corporal punishment of children. Chile made recommendations. 49. The Libyan Arab Jamahiriya noted that the task of the High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue was important key to fighting discrimination. It stated that States must ensure a society where all the cultures and diversity are priority. It welcomed measures taken for gender equality and the protection of children and young people, urging continued efforts in this regard. It made recommendations. 50. France welcomed the decline in domestic violence cases, despite it being a matter of concern, and asked about measures adopted to remedy the situation. France welcomed the 2007 signature of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED), asking when Portugal would ratify it. France made recommendations. 51. Spain welcomed Portugal’s decision to ratify CED. Spain invited Portugal to continue raising awareness about all forms of domestic violence against women and children. Spain enquired about the work of the Observatory of Trafficking of Persons and about measures in place to report cases of violence against children. Noting that Portugal had been at the forefront of linking human rights and poverty, Spain enquired about measures undertaken in this area. Spain made recommendations. 52. In its response, Portugal noted the 2009 report of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development confirming the enrolment of more students in school and improvements in education outcomes in 2006–2007. Portugal adopted significant measures to support families in the education of their children, including the extension of the compulsory schooling to ages from 5–18 along with reinforcing the public pre-school network and developing the upper-secondary vocational path. 53. Portugal informed that the High Commission for Integration and Intercultural Dialogue was a public institute established in 2007. Its mission was to promote immigrant integration and to combat all forms of discrimination based on race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin or religion through dialogue and integration process. Regarding the promotion of intercultural dialogue at the local level, attention was drawn that the national support immigrant centres and the local support immigrant offices provide information and support free of charge in an integrated way to immigrants. 54. Portugal highlighted that the phenomenon of children living on the streets had been gradually losing its expression. A non-governmental organization with public funding had specialized in providing assistance to street children focusing its activities on disadvantaged neighbourhoods. In 2008 it identified 17 children living in poverty, 10 engaged in child prostitution and supported 34 children on the run. 55. Portugal noted that there was a considerable investment in the human and financial resources for the Commission for Immigration and Gender Equality and for the promotion of gender equality. 9