A/HRC/30/9 67. The Netherlands noted with appreciation the recent ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings and the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. The Netherlands remained concerned about the effects of the criminalization of abortion on the health and safety of women. 68. Nicaragua commended the progress made since the first cycle of the review in the area of the rights of children, including the measures taken through its legislation to combat child prostitution, domestic violence and sale of children. Nicaragua encouraged Andorra to further improve the situation of women. 69. The Niger noted the progress made by Andorra since the first cycle of the review and commended the adoption of a wide range of laws in the areas of migration, protection of vulnerable cases and promotion of civil and political rights. It commended the National Forum on Youth and the National Commission for the Prevention of Gender-based and Domestic Violence. Niger welcomed the ratification of other international human rights instruments and encouraged the rat ification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Work ers and Members of Their Families. 70. The Philippines referred to the recommendation from the first review to establish a national human rights institution. It noted the standards and mechanisms to improve equality between men and women, but was concerned about the wage gap in the private sector and the unequal access to managerial posts for women, who are in a disadvantaged position. 71. Portugal welcomed the comprehensive national report presented by Andorra and the progress made since the first cycle of the universal periodic review. It commended the adoption of the Act on the Elimination of Gender-based and Domestic Violence and the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure. 72. Rwanda commended the progress made by Andorra in promoting and protecting human rights since its first universal periodic review. It noted with appreciation that Andorra has ratified 15 instruments, including the optional protocols and the additional protocols to conventions to which it was already a party. Rwanda commended the adoption of the Act on the Elimination of Gender -based and Domestic Violence and the establishment of the National Commission on the same subject. 73. Sierra Leone praised the commitment of Andorra to human rights, especially its advancement on children’s rights and the prohibition of corporal punishment. However, it remained concerned about discrimination against women and incidents of racial intolerance. Sierra Leone encouraged Andorra to sign the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and to establish a national human rights institution, and urged it to enact laws on the status of refugees and asylum seekers. It raised the issue of children with disabilities. 74. Slovenia welcomed the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Istanbul Convention and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure as in its previous recommendation and encouraged the Government to pursue the ratification of the remaining core human rights treaties. It commended the issuance of a standing invitation to the special procedures of the Human Rights Council. Slovenia praised the efforts undertaken in the field of human rights education for teachers and pupils, GE.15-11980 11/19