A/HRC/39/5 110. The Government was taking all measures necessary to improve the prison system and make a qualitative leap forward, including through the introduction of alternative measures, such as house arrests. It was also developing a plan to combat social exclusion and poverty, particularly through the establishment of a water and sanitation fund to provide water to more than 4,000 homes. 111. In conclusion, and in response to some of the recommendations it had received, the delegation stated that freedom of expression was enshrined in article 48 of the Constitution and in the Media Law; that the principle of equal pay for work of equal value was enshrined in article 62 of the Constitution; and that article 16 of the Labour Code stipulated that men and women who occupied the same position or performed the same task in the public administration should receive equal remuneration. The delegation also affirmed that article 145-A of the Penal Code had been revised and amended in 2015 in order to criminalize and punish the promotion of prostitution of children between 16 and 18 years of age. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 112. The following recommendations will be examined by Cabo Verde, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the thirty-ninth session of the Human Rights Council: 112.1 Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (France) (Montenegro) (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (Portugal) (Ukraine); 112.2 Consider ratifying the International Convention for Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Tunisia); 112.3 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure (Spain) (Portugal); 112.4 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Spain); 112.5 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Portugal) (Denmark); 112.6 Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Rwanda); 112.7 Ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (Democratic Republic of the Congo); 112.8 Ratify the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and continue efforts to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance as recommended by Brazil in the previous review (Brazil); 112.9 Ratify the Convention against Discrimination in Education (Côte d’Ivoire) (Honduras); 112.10 Become a party to the Convention against Discrimination in Education (Togo); 112.11 Consider the ratification of the Convention against Discrimination in Education (Uruguay); 112.12 Take all necessary steps to ensure the implementation of the content of the Convention against Discrimination in Education (Afghanistan); 112.13 Adopt a law on implementation of the Convention against Discrimination in Education (Niger); 112.14 Ratify the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) of the International Labour Organization (Denmark); 12