A/HRC/29/4 25. In 2014, the Government had updated the National Action Plan on the Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness, which included specific actions for the ratification of the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and for harmonization of the legislation with the relevant international standards. The Government had been jointly implementing a project with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to register stateless persons and persons without identity documents. More than two dozen mobile units had been operating in rural areas, providing legal advice on how to apply for citizenship or for obtaining relevant documents free of charge. 26. Kyrgyzstan recognized the competency of the Human Rights Committee and CEDAW to consider and examine individual complaints. Pursuant to the Code of Criminal Procedure, a decision of an international body constituted grounds for reopening criminal proceedings in the light of new circumstances surrounding a case. Kyrgyzstan had been working to develop a methodology for implementing the decisions of the United Nations human rights bodies on individual complaints. 27. The parliament had an important role in the realization of human rights, through monitoring human rights issues and cooperating closely with the Human Rights Coordinating Council, the national preventive mechanism, the Ombudsman, civil society and the international organizations. 28. The parliament had established a working group within the Parliamentary Committee for Human Rights, Constitutional Law and State Structure in order to study and discuss different versions of draft amendments to the Law on the Ombudsman submitted by the Office of the Ombudsman and several members of the parliament. 29. Recognizing the importance of the freedom of religion and belief, the Government had set up a working group to revise State policy on the freedom of religion. In 2014, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court had removed from the legislation, declaring it unconstitutional, a provision which made the registration of religious organizations subject to the approval of local authorities. That would considerably simplify the process of registration of religious organizations. The parliament had been paying special attention to and had taken measures for the enjoyment of freedom of religion by individuals. 30. Regarding the bill on the prohibition on the formation of positive attitudes towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons, the delegation stated that the bill had been widely discussed within the society and by the parliament. Different views, including negative and critical comments, had been expressed by members of the parliament and by civil society representatives. A working group had been established under the relevant parliamentary committee to study international experience and expertise on that issue and to suggest relevant amendments to the draft law. The parliament was committed to law-making through the process of wide and thorough discussions with relevant stakeholders. B. Interactive dialogue and responses by the State under review 31. During the interactive dialogue, 73 delegations made statements. Recommendations made during the dialogue are to be found in section II of the present report. 32. Sri Lanka commended Kyrgyzstan for establishing the Human Rights Coordinating Council and for facilitating the visits of the Special Rapporteurs on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. It noted the National Development Programme for the Development of the Judicial System and the National Sustainable Development Strategy. It made recommendations. 6

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