A/HRC/25/10 141. In empowering women economically, Malaysia had implemented microcredit schemes to encourage uptake of micro-enterprise opportunities to low-income individuals in rural and urban areas. 142. The Child Act was currently being reviewed to enhance the well-being of children. In addition, juvenile restorative justice models were studied, while initiatives were taken to protect children from cyberthreats. 143. Malaysia highlighted that the Persons with Disabilities Act was a non-punitive law. However, non-compliance with the Act could be addressed through relevant legislation, namely the Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code and uniform building by-laws. Additionally, the existing Policy and Plans of Action for Persons with Disabilities was currently being reviewed in line with the regional aspiration towards the Asia and Pacific Decade for Persons with Disabilities, 2013–2022, and the Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real”. 144. A technical committee chaired by the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development would be started to review all the existing reservations under CEDAW, CRC and CRPD, and optional protocols thereto that had not been ratified by Malaysia. 145. The review concluded with Malaysia reiterating its commitment to and belief in UPR and its follow-up. The delegation stressed that Malaysia had approached the exercise seriously and would give full consideration to all comments and recommendations made during the review. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations** 146. The following recommendations will be examined by Malaysia which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the twenty-fifth session of the Human Rights Council in March 2014: 146.1. Move forward in the signing of the 6 core international conventions on human rights that the country is not yet a Party (Spain); 146.2. Sign and ratify the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, and enact domestic refugee law in line with international standards (New Zealand); 146.3. Become soon a Party to the core international Conventions on human rights that Malaysia has not ratified yet (Italy)/Become a party to the international human rights legal instruments, to which Malaysia has not yet acceded (Chad)/Further fulfil the internationally taken obligations as well as join new human rights international instruments (Kazakhstan); 146.4. Broaden the scope of its international human rights obligations by acceding to the ICCPR, ICESCR, ICERD and CAT (Poland); 146.5. Continue exploring possibilities to extend its international commitments, in particular consider ratification of the ICCPR and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Latvia); 146.6. Ratify the ICCPR (Sierra Leone)/Ratify the ICCPR, the ICESCR, as well as their protocols (Benin);/Ratify the ICCPR and the CAT (Australia, Brazil)/Ratify ICCPR, ICESCR as well as CAT (Maldives, Switzerland)/Ratify ** Conclusions and recommendations have not been edited. 13