A/HRC/44/17 44. Chad welcomed the adoption of national strategies and policies to promote and protect human rights. 45. Chile highlighted the progress made to protect the rights of the child, persons with disabilities and combating trafficking in persons. 46. China welcomed efforts to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals into the country’s development plan and to protect the rights of women and children. 47. Comoros welcomed the adoption of legislation and the implementation of a national strategy to combat trafficking in persons. 48. Côte d’Ivoire encouraged Kuwait to continue with efforts to ensure better protection of human rights. 49. Croatia welcomed the Government’s commitment to cooperating with the United Nations human rights mechanisms. 50. Spain welcomed the progress achieved, especially the creation of the National Bureau for Human Rights. 51. Cyprus noted the integration of the Sustainable Development Goals into the national policies of Kuwait and the adoption of policies to combat trafficking. 52. Czechia welcomed the establishment of the National Anti-Corruption Office and progress on child protection. 53. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea commended progress in the protection of human rights through the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. 54. Kuwait intervened to state that the Public Authority on Manpower was the authority in charge of regulating the labour market. The Authority had established a balance between the interest of workers and employers and worked in line with international regulations and guidelines. 55. Kuwait abided by international labour standards and ILO conventions to protect its 1.6 million workers from 171 States. In the national legislation, there was no mention of the name kafil or sponsor. The relationship between employers and workers was constantly being reviewed. 56. The delegation stated that law No. 68 of 2015 protected the rights of domestic workers and had been commended by the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children. The Authority had established a specialized department for domestic labour. Kuwait had some 730,000 domestic workers. Officials of the Authority had started considering complaints from domestic workers and had examined 2,485 complaints since April 2019. The authority oversaw labour legislation obligations, including those concerning domestic work. 57. In order to reinforce efforts to combat human trafficking, Kuwait had adopted law No. 91 of 2013 on human trafficking and the smuggling of immigrants. The law was in line with the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its protocols. In that light, the Council of Ministers had adopted a national strategy consisting of three main pillars: prevention, protection and partnership. 58. In the light of that measure, a committee had been established to make Kuwait free of human trafficking. The committee had recently adopted a national referral regime in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration in order to deal with human trafficking. The law was rigorous in combating this crime and provided the General Prosecutor with the powers to deal with it. 59. Concerning the personnel of its law enforcement agencies and detention centres, Kuwait had sought to benefit from the good practices adopted by others in compliance with international human rights conventions that preserve the dignity of inmates while committing to minimal standards of treatments of prisoners, including female prisoners. That approach included allowing visits by various local, regional and international organizations working in the field of human rights, chief among them the International Committee of the Red Cross, 5