A/HRC/8/45 Page 14 53. The Constitution and the laws on the Ombudsman guarantee the independence of the Ombudsman. There have been positive developments in terms of financing and creating better staffing conditions. 54. Data of the Ministry of the Interior showed that in 2007, some 87,000 persons, predominantly men, were registered for committing domestic violence. Penalties for domestic violence are usually fines, and sometimes up to 15 days of administrative arrest. Domestic violence includes both physical and psychological violence. There is a need to amend the existing law, including by introducing rehabilitation programmes for victims, and to ensure that sanctions are directed towards the perpetrators and are not borne by the family as a whole. 55. Regarding the enforcement of sentences, the State Department on the Enforcement of Sentences is dealing with some 2,000 minors, who are considered as criminals. According to the records of criminal inspections, the department has about 6,000 minors in this category. In order to ensure their rights and provide them with education there are a number of cooperation agreements and programmes, for instance with UNICEF. 56. Regarding the accession to international instruments, such as the Convention on Enforced Disappearance and the ICRMW, this information can be provided after the delegation returns to Ukraine. The head of the delegation stated that all other questions will be reflected in practical actions taken by the Government, through new legislation and amendments to existing legislation, and integrated into the implementation of Ukraine’s international and Council of Europe obligations. II. CONCLUSIONS AND/OR RECOMMENDATIONS 57. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue have been examined by Ukraine and the recommendations listed below enjoy the support of Ukraine: 1. To consider signing and ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as soon as possible (Austria, Mexico, Portugal); 2. To work towards the implementation of the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (Brazil); 3. To ensure the independence of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, including financially (Germany); 4. To continue its efforts to further enhance the role of the Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights and of the national machinery for the advancement of women (Jordan); 5. To persevere in punishing offenders of women’s rights (Algeria); 6. To continue its efforts to improve legislation and policies and to create institutional mechanisms to combat all forms of discrimination (Algeria); 7. To follow through on creating an advisory council to address discrimination, to adopt comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation, as recommended by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in 2007, and to continue to direct attention to enhance human rights training for police officers and more effective ways of dealing with hate crimes (Algeria);