A/HRC/21/4 the rights of persons with disabilities, including access to education and providing resources in that regard (Egypt); 135.57. Adopt special measures for the realisation of collective rights of indigenous peoples and the adoption of mechanisms to ensure their right to be consulted (Hungary);Undertake effective measures to further strengthen the existing mechanisms for consultation with the indigenous population on issues which have an impact on the economic and social aspects of the indigenous population (Malaysia);Continue to improve the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples, in particular the respect of their cultural and linguistic diversity, and further think about programmes and policies for indigenous peoples, particularly focusing on women and children (Morocco);Institutionalize the right to consultation of the indigenous population and involve civil society and indigenous groups in the elaboration of a functioning consultation mechanism in line with Ecuador’s commitments under ILO-Convention 169 (Norway); 135.58. Adopt legislation to guarantee the fulfilment of the collective rights of the indigenous population and Afro-Ecuadoreans, so as to increase affirmative actions in favours of racial and gender equality (Paraguay); 135.59. Establish clearly defined programmes to ensure improvement of the labour situation of migrant women in situations of vulnerability (Honduras); Provide basic guarantees for migrant workers in accordance with the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (Iraq); 135.60. Take necessary measures to eradicate the tendency and/or dissemination, through mass media, of stereotypes that could lead to the discrimination of migrants and refugees (Argentina); 135.61. Continue with its policy of recognition and promotion of the rights of nature, the promotion of the use of non-pollutant or of low impact technology and alternative energies (Bolivia); Continue to take measures in positive aspects of the State’s approach to the environment (Iran). 136. The recommendations below did not enjoy the support of Ecuador which provided comments: 136.1. Reform legislation regarding freedom of expression with a view to bringing it in conformity with international standards and those of the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (Switzerland); The Ecuadorian State has signed and ratified the American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of San José), which clearly establishes the mandatory compliance of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ decisions, granting the latter the possibility to interpret and apply the norms of the previously mentioned Convention. For that reason, respectful as we are of our international obligations, we cannot accept to reform our legal framework in accordance with standards from the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, when it is the Court, not the Commission, which has judicial competency over this matter. 136.2. Eliminate laws that criminalize opinion and accept visit requests from the OAS and the United Nations Special Rapporteurs on Freedom of Expression (United States of America); In Ecuador, there are no laws that “criminalize opinion”. As a consequence, we cannot eliminate inexistent laws. It is important to mention that no requests from 22

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