A/HRC/10/84 Page 13 that Tuvalu continue its actions in promoting and protecting human rights effectively on the ground and achieving the goals set up in the national strategy for sustainable development. 50. Canada recognized that Tuvalu faced many development challenges and capacity constraints, and noted that the national report showed laudable transparency in recognizing the issues faced in the field of human rights. Canada stated that a recent United Nations Development Assistance Framework report highlighted the State’s recent focus on the devolution of authority to traditional local government bodies, in an effort to further the development of the outer islands. The report also indicated that, on the outer islands, in particular, traditional and customary practices sometimes result in discriminatory practices against women and religious discrimination. Canada was encouraged by the State’s submission for the review, which recognized that, in the face of these challenges, there is a need to support individual freedoms of belief and expression. Tuvalu had also recognized in its report submitted to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women that certain areas of its domestic law must be brought into compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, in particular in areas of land and family law, which Canada considered also a significant step. Canada recommended that Tuvalu (a) continue to combat discriminatory societal behaviours, including by working at reforming domestic laws, in particular land and family laws, which require amendments in order for Tuvalu to be in compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Canada noted that, to date, Tuvalu has failed to convene its Court of Appeal, although a notice to that regard was filed with the trial court in relation to a High Court ruling in 2005 on the banning of a religious group on an outer island. Recourse to appeal is rooted in the general principle of law establishing the right to invoke judicial action, and it is provided for in the 1986 Constitution. Canada also recommended that Tuvalu (b) convene the Court of Appeal in the interest of addressing the pending appeal to the High Court of 2005 ruling on the case of Teonea v. Kaupule; and(c) ratify core international human rights instruments, in particular the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 51. China expressed appreciation for the State’s efforts and achievements in recent years in the field of human rights. It asked how climate change affects the human rights situation in Tuvalu, and the efforts made and difficulties encountered. 52. Morocco noted that the State’s voluntary commitments demonstrate its dedication to ensuring fundamental rights and freedoms. It noted, however, that despite the manifested will and the tremendous efforts made, the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms is still dependant on the availability of financial, human and technical resources. Despite these constraints, Tuvalu continued to focus on harmonizing its national legislation with international human rights instruments and to setting up institutional structures to ensure the full enjoyment of these rights as well as human, social and economic development. Morocco recommended that Tuvalu persevere along its path and ask the international community to provide all the technical and financial support needed by Tuvalu during this process, particularly for the setting up of national human rights institution in conformity with the Paris Principles; for the continuation of efforts to harmonize national legislation with international human rights instruments; for awareness-raising and the dissemination of human rights principles among the population at large; and for human rights training for officers responsible for law enforcement in Tuvalu.