A/HRC/29/4 strong human rights provisions in the Constitution. In the framework of the follow-up to UPR, the Children’s Code had been adopted to strengthen the national child protection system. Additionally, the Peaceful Assembly Act had been adopted in line with the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The national report provided information about measures undertaken to combat gender-based violence, bride-kidnapping and trafficking in human beings, and about the impact of anticorruption initiatives. 18. The delegation pointed out that the report had been prepared during a process of wide-ranging national consultations that had included representatives of State bodies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The Government planned to discuss new methods and approaches for the implementation of the recommendations of the review. 19. Since the establishment of the Human Rights Coordinating Council in 2013, the issue of a standing invitation to the special procedure mandate holders was being discussed within the relevant government bodies. 20. The delegation reiterated the firm commitment of Kyrgyzstan to improving the human rights protection system and ensuring the compliance of national law with the international human rights system. UPR was not a one-off event but a continuous process and required determined efforts by the Government. 21. Kyrgyzstan had presented its candidacy for membership of the Human Rights Council for the period 2016–2018. The Regional Office for Central Asia of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) had been established in Bishkek. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights had visited Kyrgyzstan during the reporting period. Kyrgyzstan cooperated actively with the United Nations treaty bodies and submitted its reports to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Human Rights Committee, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Committee against Torture and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. 22. The delegation provided its responses to advance questions. In respect of the ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Kyrgyzstan had been following the work of ICC and some additional time was required for it to become confident in the effectiveness of the Court before making a final decision on the ratification of the Rome Statute. At the same time, the national legislation envisaged criminal responsibility for crimes against humanity. 23. Regarding the questions on a standing invitation to the special procedure mandate holders of the Human Rights Council, the delegation highlighted the continuing cooperation of Kyrgyzstan with mandate holders. It recalled that, in the past 14 years, eight special mandate holders had visited Kyrgyzstan, and two special rapporteurs had paid a visit during the reporting period. Kyrgyzstan had agreed in principle to the visits of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances and the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. The Government was looking forward to those visits and the date of the visits depended on the proposals of the special procedure mandate holders. 24. Kyrgyzstan was a party to eight out of the nine core human rights treaties. The authorities has taken measures to study thoroughly the possibility and implications of ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED), the only core international human rights instrument that Kyrgyzstan had not yet signed. In that respect, the upcoming visit of the Working Group on Enforced Disappearance or Involuntary Disappearances would be important. 5