A/HRC/10/75 Page 10 obligations. It asked about the measures taken to develop remote regions and future plans and programmes in this regard and recommended that the State pay attention to the development of infrastructure in remote regions. 50. Algeria recognized the qualitative evolution of the human rights situation with regard to women and children, noting also the Government’s efforts to protect the rights of foreign workers and combat human trafficking. Algeria said the country has enacted legislation to fight terrorism and protect human rights. Algeria requested further information on those laws and recommended providing human rights training to law enforcement authorities in charge of combating terrorism. 51. Finland asked whether the Government is engaged in active preparations to accede to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and, pending this accession, how civil and political rights are protected. It recommended that the State ratify all of the most significant international human rights instruments, particularly the Covenant. Finland remained concerned about how these rights, including economic, social and cultural rights, are respected and asked how the Government intends to improve access to adequate housing of the migrant community. 52. The Libyan Arab Jamahiriya noted that the national strategy for the advancement of women was an indication of the important role of women in society. It asked about the system pursued in the development of health care for migrant workers, and appreciated the measures taken by the State to accede to the Convention against Torture and to examine the possibility of acceding to the two optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 53. France noted that migrant workers are often victims of precarious and abusive living and working conditions and asked what measures were taken to help victims, particularly female migrant workers. France also asked what efforts will be made to continue promoting gender equality in law and in practice. It recommended (a) signing and ratifying the additional protocol to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime to effectively fight against human trafficking; (b) taking concrete measures to limit the number and extent of restrictions on the right to freedom of expression and freedom of the press; (c) continuing efforts to advance the right to assembly, especially by adopting measures that allow for the creation of associations, trade unions and envisage the creation of political parties; (d) establishing a moratorium on executions and seriously considering its complete abolition; and (e) signing the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. 54. Germany commended the State for organizing the Gulf Cooperation Council Conference on Contractual Labour, held in Abu Dhabi in January 2008, while taking note of the concern expressed by the Special Rapporteur on migrant workers, according to which the sponsorship system renders migrant workers vulnerable because their permits are linked to one employer. Germany asked how the Government assesses the impact of the sponsorship system and what measures are taken to protect workers from resulting dependence. Germany welcomed all steps to improve the rights of migrant workers and recommended considering the possibility of introducing amendments to national laws on citizenship, so that female citizens married to noncitizens can pass on their nationality to their children in the same way that male citizens married to non-citizens do. 55. Italy noted with satisfaction the de facto moratorium of the use of the death penalty since 2002, and that the State had not voted against recent United Nations resolutions on the establishment of a moratorium. However, it expressed concern at the broad scope of national