A/HRC/13/24 unable to obtain any further evidence that would permit criminal charges to be brought. The case concerns the alleged lack of an effective investigation into the death of the applicant’s husband, who was shot in front of his house in Nicosia, located to the north of the Green Line, in July 1996. The Court found a number of shortcomings in the investigation. The case also concerns interference with the applicant’s freedom of association on account of a refusal of permission to cross from the northern part to the southern part of the island to attend a bicommunal meeting on 20 June 1997. Right to education 26. In its concluding observations of May 2009, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights expressed its concern about the still limited opportunities for Turkishspeaking Cypriot children to receive instruction in their native language. The Committee urged the State party to take all appropriate measures to increase opportunities for Turkish Cypriot children to receive teaching in their mother tongue.36 In its comments on the concluding observations, the Government of Cyprus stated that the Ministry of Education and Culture had taken all necessary measures for the curriculum and teachers at the schools the children attend to address their educational needs. It also mentioned that it was the choice of the families themselves that Turkish-speaking Cypriot children were attending joint, and not separate, primary schools, as this was considered by them the best way to avoid segregation and promote the better integration of the children into society.37 27. With regard to the right to education, the national report submitted by Cyprus in the framework of the UPR mentions that Turkish Cypriots who hold a six-year high-school diploma are eligible for admission to public institutions of higher education in the Government-controlled areas of Cyprus. It mentions that 10 per cent of the places are granted to special categories of people, such as the disabled due to acts of war, children of missing persons, and persons living in the northern part of the island. The costs for the education in private schools of their choice of Turkish Cypriot students who reside permanently in the Government-controlled areas, from pre-primary to higher education, are covered by the Government.38 28. In Limassol and Paphos, UNFICYP has continued to work with the local authorities and community representatives to strengthen its support in educational and social areas. There have been no new developments regarding the establishment of a Turkish-language primary school in Limassol.39 29. UNFICYP continued to facilitate the delivery of textbooks and the appointment of teachers to the elementary and secondary Greek Cypriot schools in Rizokarpaso, on the Karpas Peninsula in the north. At the time of reporting, 3 out of 12 teachers and other academic staff appointed by the Greek Cypriots for the current academic year had been allowed to teach at the schools, while 8 had been denied permission and a decision in 1 case was still pending. In accordance with the usual practice, UNFICYP provided 205 textbooks for review to the authorities in the north; the delivery of 5 of the books was not allowed because of what the authorities in the north perceived as objectionable content.40 36 37 38 39 40 GE.10-11644 E/C.12/CYP/CO/5, para. 24. E/C.12/CYP/CO/5/Add.1, para. 10. A/HRC/WG.6/6/CYP/1, paras. 95 and 96. S/2009/609, para. 18. Ibid., para. 17. 9