A/HRC/44/6/Add.1 1. The Lao People’s Democratic Republic considers the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism as an important process to review human rights practices of UN Member States and encourages global efforts for promotion and protection of human rights based on objectivity, equal treatment and respect for State sovereignty. 2. At the UPR 35th Session of the UPR Working Group of the UN-HRC on 23 January 2020, the Lao delegation enjoyed a constructive and fruitful discussion on the promotion and protection of human rights in the Lao PDR with 89 Member States and received 226 recommendations. 3. Following the review, the Lao PDR has organized a number of consultations on all received recommendations with all relevant administrative, legislative and judicial authorities and other stakeholders, including Civil Society Organizations. The consultation sessions were led by the National Committee on Human Rights as a National Mechanism for reporting and following-up of the implementation of the UPR’s recommendations in the Lao PDR. 4. After careful and thorough examination of all 226 recommendations, the Lao PDR fully supported 160 recommendations and noted 66 recommendations. 160 supported recommendations 5. 6, 8, 9, 13, 19, 25, 28, 29, 30, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 72, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 108, 112, 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225 and 226. 66 noted recommendations 6. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 43, 44, 46, 47, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 91, 94, 95, 96, 97, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114 and 117. Reasons for noted recommendations Recommendations No. 7, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 7. Like other countries, the Lao PDR will continue to thoroughly study the contents of those conventions as recommended, however the questions on when and whether it is possible to ratify any of them shall remain open. Recommendations No. 26 and 27 8. The Lao PDR will continue its cooperation with all special procedures of the Human Rights Council. However, a standing invitation is not applicable as the Lao PDR maintains a policy to consider extending the invitation to UN special rapporteurs on a case by case basis and also based on convenient timing for both sides. Recommendations No. 31, 32, 33 and 34 9. After extensive consultations and studies, as well as exchanging lessons learnt from other countries, the Lao PDR has come to the conclusion that it will continue to maintain its existing domestic mechanism, namely the National Committee on Human Rights (NCHR), as the overarching human rights mechanism for the promotion and protection of human rights at the national level. In addition, there are other domestic mechanisms for the 2