A/HRC/30/9 acknowledged the right of international organizations such as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to provide refugees with identity documents. Andorra was also a party to the European Convention on Extr adition. Moreover, article 14 of the Extradition Act of 28 November 1996 was very clear on the matter. 28. Mexico had submitted a question on the right of seasonal workers to family reunification. The delegation replied that Act No. 9/2012 of 31 May 2012 allowed seasonal workers to live and work in the country for a continuous period of 12 months at most and did not provide for the right to family reunification. However, the Minister added that, regardless of their parents’ immigration status, the children of seasonal workers were covered by the Andorran education and health-care systems. 29. In response to recommendations to prohibit corporal punishment, the most recent reform of the Criminal Code had in December 2014 established that such offences constituted a criminal act. Corporal punishment was thus now prohibited in all places and in all circumstances. 30. Regarding the promotion of gender parity, all parliamentary groups had endorsed the drafting of a white paper on equality as a means of compiling i nformation on the actual situation of women in government and establishing a common strategy. 31. On 15 January 2015, the parliament had also adopted Act No. 1/2015 on the eradication of domestic violence and the establishment of a national commission for the prevention of domestic and gender-based violence. 32. In response to written questions from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on gender-based discrimination, the delegation of Andorra indicated that the Constitution and other legal texts such as the Labour Code strictly prohibited all forms of discrimination, inter alia on account of gender. In order to improve the observance of women’s rights, the Government intended to submit a comprehensive gender equality bill to the parliament so as to equip the country and its institutions with the mechanisms needed to promote and protect women’s rights. 33. With regard to the marriageable age and the recommendations to alter the minimum age, the Government had noted that, over the last four years, there had been no marriages involving minors between the ages of 16 and 18, nor of minors between the ages of 14 and 16 with judicial consent, and that, as there were no cases indicating a problem, amending the law was not a priority for the Govern ment at the present time. B. Interactive dialogue and responses by the State under review 34. During the interactive dialogue, 39 delegations made statements. Recommendations made during the dialogue are to be found in section II of the present report. All written statements by the delegations, which may be checked in the United Nations Webcast archives, 1 are posted on the extranet of the Human Rights Council, when available. 2 35. Thailand commended Andorra for taking steps to address the problem s relating to domestic violence, discrimination against persons with disabilities and human trafficking. It welcomed the amendment to the Criminal Code in 2014 which created new offences within the crime of trafficking in persons for purposes such as slave ry and sexual exploitation. Thailand also welcomed the adoption of the Act on the __________________ 1 2 6/19 http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/human-rights-council/universal-periodic-review/watch/Andorrareview-22nd-session-of-universal-periodic-review/4221938470001. https://extranet.ohchr.org/sites/upr/Sessions/22session/Andorra/Pages/default. aspx. GE.15-11980

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