A/HRC/8/41 Page 14 greater opportunities to aliens. Mauritania asked if Switzerland intends to create a federal human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles. 55. In responding to some questions, Switzerland noted that it has withdrawn a number of reservations, particularly to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and that it is a policy to regularly consider reservations with a view to withdrawing them when possible. Legislation has been adopted on the use of constraint in measures of expulsions of foreigners, and provides for recourse measures and compensation if such actions are committed illegally by police officers. At the moment, Switzerland will not adopt further legislation on corporal punishment, while further consideration to this will be given. Switzerland is a neutral country and does not use its weapons against outside countries, and persons as part of the militia army have weapons at home to defend their country. To conclude, the representative noted that the dialogue is the first step of the Universal Periodic Review, and declared Switzerland’s willingness to consider recommendations posed to promote progress on human rights. II. CONCLUSIONS AND/OR RECOMMENDATIONS 56. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue have been examined by Switzerland and the recommendations listed below enjoy the support of Switzerland: 1. To pursue its efforts in preventing and combating xenophobia (Algeria); 2. To ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (Mexico, United Kingdom) and to create or designate a national mechanism for the prevention of torture (Mexico); 3. To fully, systematically and continuously integrate a gender perspective into the follow-up process to the Universal Periodic Review (Slovenia); 4. To continue to consult stakeholders in the follow-up to the Universal Periodic Review outcome (United Kingdom); 5. To take necessary steps to prevent the incidence of acts of violence with racist and xenophobic undertones by security agents against foreigners, immigrants and asylum-seekers, and to bring to justice the perpetrators of such acts (Nigeria); 6. To continue its efforts to promote the use of non-gender specific language (Canada). 57. The following recommendations will be examined by Switzerland which will provide responses in due time. The response of Switzerland will be included in the outcome report to be adopted by the Human Rights Council at its eighth session: 1. To establish a national institution on human rights in accordance with the Paris Principles (Algeria, India, Canada, Philippines, United Kingdom, Germany, Jordan, Morocco); 2. To foster internal analysis on the recently adopted law on asylum and its compatibility with international human rights law (Brazil);