A/HRC/37/16 Code to remove articles infringing on women’s rights and to repeal the list of prohibited occupations and sectors to facilitate women’s access to the labour market. 27. France praised the important reforms adopted in the areas of justice and the fight against corruption. It remained concerned by the draft bill exhorting, in an intrusive and unjustified manner, NGOs and civil society organizations to disclose a great amount of information. 28. Georgia welcomed the State’s ratification of a number of international instruments, and encouraged Ukraine to accelerate the process of ratification of the Istanbul Convention. It further welcomed the comprehensive judicial reform undertaken and the measures aimed at combating discrimination. Georgia raised concerns over the human rights situation in the temporarily occupied territories. 29. Germany commended the implementation of the recommendations from the previous review, especially those on the situation of juvenile prisoners. It remained concerned about some human rights issues. 30. Ghana welcomed, inter alia, the justice sector reform strategy for the period 2015– 2020, the constitutional amendment and the national action plan for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the establishment of the office of the commissioner for gender equality. 31. Greece welcomed, inter alia, the intense reforms of and the constitutional amendments regarding the judiciary. It deplored the lack of access of the human rights monitoring mission to the entire territory of Ukraine. Greece remained concerned by the humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine and Crimea and by the living conditions of the indigenous population of Ukrainians of Greek origin. 32. Guatemala noted with concern the State’s notification to the Secretary-General of the suspension of the application of a number of international instruments, the reported increase in cases of racially motivated incidents and hate crimes and the lack of adequate and effective investigations into those crimes. 33. Honduras welcomed the progress made in the implementation of the recommendations of the second review. It raised concerns about, inter alia, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, the increase in racially motivated incidents and hate crimes and summary executions to which the population trapped in the armed conflicts was exposed. 34. Hungary took note of the positive steps taken by Ukraine to promote and protect human rights, including the constitutional amendments regarding an independent judiciary. It raised concern about article 7 of the Law on education, and called on Ukraine not to restrict the substance of the fundamental right of minorities to receive education in their mother tongue. 35. India welcomed, inter alia, the adoption of constitutional amendments and the national action plan for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It noted with concern the absence of a law covering the specific crime of domestic violence, and the discrimination faced by Roma people who were not fully integrated. 36. Indonesia welcomed the ratification of several international instruments, and the measures taken to prevent human trafficking, including the State social programme on combating trafficking in human beings for the period 2016–2020. 37. Iraq welcomed the constitutional amendments aimed at improving the human rights situation. It noted with satisfaction the re-accreditation of the ombudsperson’s office with “A status”, as well as the ratification of several human rights instruments and the adoption of the strategy to reform the justice system. 38. Ireland commended the State’s continued cooperation with international human rights mechanisms, and acknowledged the progress made to advance human rights against a difficult backdrop. Ireland was particularly concerned about conflict-related sexual violence against men and women, as documented by OHCHR. 5

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