A/HRC/8/52 page 143 379. At its 15th meeting, on 10 June 2008, the Council considered and adopted the outcome of the review on the United Kingdom (see section C below). 380. The outcome of the review on the United Kingdom is constituted of the report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (A/HRC/8/25), together with the views of the United Kingdom concerning the recommendations and/or conclusions, as well as its voluntary commitments and its replies presented before the adoption of the outcome by the plenary to questions or issues that were not sufficiently addressed during the interactive dialogue in the Working Group (see also A/HRC/8/25/Add.1). 1. Views expressed by the State under review on the recommendations and/or conclusions as well as on its voluntary commitments 381. The representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland referred the meeting to the document reflecting its response to the recommendations made to the United Kingdom during its universal periodic review on 10 April 2008 and stated that they are also available on the Council extranet. This document is available under symbol A/HRC/8/25/Add.1. 382. The United Kingdom stated that it gave serious consideration to every recommendation and considered whether acceptance would improve and extend the delivery of human rights in the United Kingdom and in its Overseas Territories. 383. The United Kingdom stated that it accepts the great majority of the recommendations either in full or in part, and explained the reasons for not having accepted some of the recommendations, which were a minority of them. It acknowledged that while development of human rights is seldom an easy or straightforward option for Governments, it believed this endeavour to be a vital test for good government. 384. After stating its view that the universal periodic review offers a genuine opportunity for States to take a serious, self-critical look at their own human rights situation, it expressed its appreciation for the positive and supportive response received from other States, and thanked the President of the Council, the members of the troika, civil society and United Nations stakeholders. 2. Views expressed by member and observer States of the Council on the review outcome 385. Algeria thanked the United Kingdom for accepting to address the high incarceration rate of children, while it encouraged the United Kingdom to review more thoroughly the painful techniques applied to children and to harmonize them with their human rights obligations. It thanked the United Kingdom for acknowledging that legislation on freedom of expression and opinion should be in harmony with human rights obligations and for agreeing that pretrial detention should never be excessive. It noted that the claim that the Counter-Terrorism Bill allowing for pre-charge detention of over 40 days in the United Kingdom is hard to reconcile with the Human Rights Committee’s recent upbraiding of Algeria for increasing pretrial detention from 9 to 12 days. It regretted that no action is taken to accede to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their