A/HRC/12/50 consultation process, the panel had reported to the Attorney-General and the Government was currently considering how to respond to its recommendations. 335. The delegation indicated that New Zealand had not accepted the recommendation to ratify the Convention on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, ILO Convention No. 169 or the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, but that it had undertaken to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. New Zealand was also examining which legislative reforms would be required to move towards ratifying the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, and was committed to working progressively towards a withdrawal of its few remaining reservations to human rights treaties. 336. As stressed by the delegation, a number of recommendations called for New Zealand to ensure that its legislation and policies gave effect to its human rights obligations. Noting that some rights were given effect in New Zealand through a variety of appropriate measures, the delegation stated that this was a subject under regular review, and that it accepted these recommendations. 337. Regarding the treaty of Waitangi, the delegation indicated that public discussion of its status certainly would continue, and that entrenchment as a constitutional norm was a possible outcome of that discussion, but not the only one. 338. The delegation stressed that a new broad-based approach had been developed to address the individual, family, community and justice sector factors that contributed to offending and victimization. Mindful of the overrepresentation of Maori in the criminal justice system as both offenders and victims, New Zealand was committed to addressing these factors in a concerted way. In the coming months, the Government would consider a number of priorities to address this issue. 339. The Child and Family Protection Bill had been introduced into Parliament in August 2009, introducing changes to ensure that courts can act to protect children and families from all forms of violence and abuse. The bill also contained the last legislative amendment required for New Zealand to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 340. To conclude, the delegation stressed that New Zealand had learned from its involvement in the universal periodic review, with a reinforcement of contacts with the wide human rights constituency and a greater understanding of New Zealand’s own human rights situation. 2. Views expressed by Member and observer States of the Council on the review outcome 341. While welcoming the endorsement by New Zealand of more than 90 per cent of the recommendations, Algeria regretted that its own recommendation to examine the possibility of adhering to the International Convention on the protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families had not been accepted. Algeria would have appreciated the endorsement by New Zealand of the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference. Algeria welcomed New Zealand’s agreement to consider the recommendations to take further measures to ensure full and consistent protection of human rights in domestic law and policies, and to take action to provide constitutional protection to national and international human rights instruments and standards. Algeria would have appreciated the acceptance of its recommendation to bring legislation into line with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 113