A/HRC/11/18* accordance with the Paris principles; (c) that Bangladesh take further steps to address discrimination against vulnerable groups; and (d) the full involvement of civil society in the follow-up to this review. 80. Republic of Korea noted with satisfaction the Government’s strong will to realize all human rights through democratic governance. It indicated that although Bangladesh adopted the prevention of women and children repression Act and the Acid Control Act, CEDAW and CRC expressed concern that violence against women and girls, including acid throwing continues to exist. It recommended to Bangladesh to adopt a comprehensive approach to address violence against women and girls and to take effective measures to protect them. 81. Tunisia underlined that Bangladesh makes important efforts to ensure human rights, and has constantly striven to involve all components of the society into the political and economic life. Women are playing more leadership roles. The government continues to give its support to school attendance by providing a financial assistance to poor families. Tunisia requested information on the implementation of these programmes and their social impact. 82. Slovenia recommended that Bangladesh reconsider its position on reservations to international human rights treaties and invited Bangladesh to accede to those international treaties to which it is not a party. Slovenia remained deeply concerned about reports of abuse and sexual molestation of girls and inaccessibility to school. It asked Bangladesh about the intended concrete steps to respond to the reports of CRC, CEDAW, UNICEF and others and to implement their recommendations on the issue of discrimination. 83. The Minister responded to the questions raised and comments made. She confirmed that Bangladesh is considering acceding to OP-CAT. 84. The Minister stated that Bangladesh is genuinely open to hosting the Special Procedures that are relevant to its contexts announcing that Bangladesh would soon be inviting a couple of special rapporteurs. 85. The Minister stated that protection of human rights is part of the regular training programmes designed for law enforcement and judicial officials and for other civil servants. She referred to the police reform project supported by UNDP and other bilateral development partners, under which gender sensitisation training programmes were held. She also referred to human rights training provided by bilateral development partners to some special law enforcing forces, including the Rapid Action Battalion. She expressed hope that the newly established National Human Rights Commission would play a critical role in raising awareness among the law enforcement personnel and judicial officials in terms of the obligation to respect human rights of the suspects in the course of their official work. 86. The Minister stated that Bangladesh had made considerable progress in addressing the problem of trafficking in women and children, noting that awareness campaigns and increased vigilance by concerned agencies had raised the number of arrests and prosecutions of perpetrators of human trafficking. 87. The Minister informed that Bangladesh had the policy of zero tolerance on matters of extra judicial killings, torture, and deaths in custody. She also informed that Bangladesh was working to initiate trials of war criminals who had committed crimes against humanity during the 1971 war of liberation. 88. The Minister stated that Bangladesh was committed to ensuring freedom of the media and protection of journalists underlining that partnership between NGOs and the Government had played a critical role in improving social indicators and expressing its intention to further strengthen this partnership. GE.09-16252 15