A/HRC/28/5 89. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland applauded ratification of ICCPR-OP2 and requested that the reservation thereto be withdrawn. It welcomed progress on health and children’s and women’s rights, and encouraged consistent implementation of national and international legislation. It suggested improving the treatment of women who had had abortions or miscarriages and ensuring the protection of records of human rights abuses. It made recommendations. 90. France congratulated El Salvador on its election to the Human Rights Council. It asked what new measures would be taken to combat violence against women, which remained a serious problem, and asked whether El Salvador would consider reviewing the criminalization of abortion, which it encouraged. France made recommendations. 91. Uruguay welcomed the ratification of ICCPR-OP2 and the legislative progress made on human rights, including against discrimination based on gender or sexuality, and poverty reduction. Efforts to combat children’s rights should be strengthened. It commended the steps taken to eradicate gender-based violence and protect victims, including by defining femicide. Uruguay made recommendations. 92. Sierra Leone commended the ratification in 2014 of ICCPR-OP2. Noting the efforts undertaken to promote the rights of the child, Sierra Leone encouraged further measures and programmes to limit the worst forms of child labour and reduce the incidence of children joining street gangs. It made recommendations. 93. The delegation of El Salvador stated that in 2009, the Legislative Assembly had adopted the Law on the Comprehensive Protection of Children and Adolescents. It had also created a new system to protect children and adolescents, led by the National Council for Childhood and Adolescence, which also included a specialized justice chamber to protect children. There were however remaining challenges to protecting children better, to the extent that such a specialized system would be progressively implemented and the population made use of it. 94. While it was important to continue making improvements, progress had been achieved in the education sector. Early childhood was a government priority. As school attendance was linked to food and children social conditions, programmes ensuring food, clothing and school supplies had been implemented. 95. Protection boards ensured access to justice for children and adolescents as they could bring complaints on violations of their human rights directly to them. 96. Corporal punishment was expressly prohibited in the above-mentioned law (arts. 38 and 89). 97. There were ongoing policies and strategies on sexual and reproductive health in coordination with the Ministries of Education and Health. 98. Children and adolescents had actively participated in the development of policies affecting them and they were currently involved in developing a five-year plan. 99. El Salvador was committed to the rights of LGBTI people. Executive Decree 56 prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Several measures had been implemented to ensure access to work without discrimination, education on nondiscrimination, and the safety of LGBTI people. 100. Executive Decree 204 established the National Council of reparation for victims of human rights violations within the armed conflict context. Progress was being made on reparations in the fields of health, education and historical memory. 12