A/HRC/28/10 29. Egypt commended efforts to ensure equal access to employment and education and the political process for all ethnicities and faiths. It invited the delegation to outline its best practices regarding diversity in schools. Egypt made recommendations. 30. Estonia noted Kazakhstan’s steps to reform its legislation and judicial system to implement the recommendations of the first review. However, many of those recommendations remained unfulfilled. It encouraged Kazakhstan to ease restrictions on civil society, avoid penalizing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that received foreign funding and strengthen measures to combat violence against women and children. Estonia made recommendations. 31. Ethiopia noted with satisfaction Kazakhstan’s efforts to achieve universal enrolment, protect women and children against violence, increase women’s political representation, combat human trafficking and counter terrorism. It noted Kazakhstan’s road map for transitioning to a “green economy”. 32. Finland was concerned about the deterioration of freedom of expression and asked what steps Kazakhstan would take within the following year to ensure freedom of expression for all. Finland made recommendations. 33. France asked whether Kazakhstan’s national torture prevention mechanism was operational, what resources were available to it and whether its activities were driven by targets. France made recommendations. 34. Germany noted with appreciation Kazakhstan’s efforts to improve human rights and commended its interreligious dialogue and cooperation with international organizations. However, some issues remained of concern. Germany made recommendations. 35. Hungary commended Kazakhstan’s almost universal enrolment in primary and secondary education but was concerned that migrant and refugee children were often excluded from education. Despite several UPR recommendations, libel remained a punishable offence under the new criminal law. It welcomed the plan of action on the rights of persons with disabilities. Hungary made recommendations. 36. India commended the amendments to Kazakhstan’s Labour Code and the adoption of a new criminal court to protect minors. It encouraged Kazakhstan to continue its efforts to improve the status of women and girls. India made recommendations. 37. Indonesia commended Kazakhstan’s implementation of the first UPR recommendations, the development of its normative and institutional human rights framework and the activities undertaken by the Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsman). Indonesia made recommendations. 38. The Islamic Republic of Iran commended progress in protecting the rights of persons with disabilities. It noted the adoption of the national plan to combat human trafficking. It made recommendations. 39. Iraq noted the measures to combat the use of torture. It commended several social projects on combating human trafficking and the adoption of a national plan to combat human trafficking. Iraq made recommendations. 40. Ireland encouraged Kazakhstan to seek to attain top-level status for its national human rights institutions. It hoped that the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association would visit the country. Ireland made recommendations. 41. Italy commended the moratorium on the death penalty, the establishment of a national preventive mechanism against torture and efforts to promote interfaith dialogue. 6