A/HRC/41/7 and dialogues with researchers and practitioners, both Vietnamese and international, to arrive at the most appropriate working model. 32. All acts of torture were prohibited in Viet Nam and were punishable by law. The People’s Supreme Procuracy was responsible for the supervision of investigations to discover, prevent and address acts of coercion or the use of corporal punishment. The body operated independently, ensuring the objectivity of such investigations. Victims of coercion or corporal punishment were entitled to compensation according to the law. The law protected those who reported criminal acts, witnesses, victims and other participants in the prosecution process. 33. Vietnamese law clearly provided for the independence of the court. Intervention in the deliberations of a judge was against the law. The principle of a fair trial was enshrined in the Constitution and ensured by the law. Except for special cases, such as those involving minors or persons with intellectual disabilities, all participants in the prosecution process followed the same procedures. 34 Viet Nam had introduced human rights education into the training of civil servants and had issued a plan to integrate human rights education into the national education system. 35. Viet Nam prohibited any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity and recognized the rights to reidentify and transform gender. A new law on gender transformation was being drafted. 36. Vietnamese laws recognized the rights of workers to have dialogue and negotiations individually, in groups or in associations. Viet Nam planned to revise the Labour Code to facilitate the establishment of groups representing workers and also to protect workers’ rights. 37. In conclusion, the delegation of Viet Nam thanked member States for their active participation in the dialogue, their recognition of the country’s efforts and achievements, and their cooperation with Viet Nam in economic, trade and cultural areas and also in human rights dialogues. Viet Nam looked forward to continued international cooperation and dialogue on the protection and promotion of human rights. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 38. The following recommendations will be examined by Viet Nam, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the forty-first session of the Human Rights Council: 38.1 Promote genuine dialogue between Viet Nam and other countries to enhance mutual understanding and to address issues which are of common interest related to human rights (China); 38.2 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (Denmark); Ratify and implement the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, including by establishing a national preventive mechanism in accordance with the Protocol (Hungary); Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (Ukraine); Strengthen protection against torture by, inter alia, ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and stepping up efforts to end impunity for all perpetrators of torture (Czechia); 38.3 Continue to foster and monitor the implementation of recommendations accepted through the masterplan to implement the recommendations (Dominican Republic); 38.4 Accede to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (El Salvador); 38.5 Accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death 6