A/HRC/16/18 of a legal and institutional framework for their protection and promotion. It also remarked the Government’s will to establish a national human rights institution and the fact that Lebanon was the first country in the region to ratify OP-CAT. Spain made recommendations. 75. Norway acknowledged Lebanon’s efforts to improve the human rights situation. Norway noted that migrant workers did not fall under the protection of the Labour Law, and were vulnerable to poor working conditions. Norway commended Lebanon for the draft law which would allow Lebanese women to pass on their nationality to their children and foreign spouses. Norway made recommendations. 76. Germany enquired about the establishment of a prevention mechanism as required by OP-CAT and number of investigation on cases of enforced disappearances and torture. Germany also asked for information on the implementation of CRC’s recommendation to ensure that Lebanese mothers have the right to confer Lebanese citizenship to their children. Germany made recommendations. 77. Cote d’Ivoire noted with appreciation Lebanon’s initiatives to protect human rights and dignity. It called for the strengthening of the national institutions charged with human rights and encouraged Lebanon to ratify those instruments to which it is not yet a party. It also encouraged Lebanon to call for the assistance of the international community to better comply with its international human rights commitments. Cote d’Ivoire made recommendations. 78. In concluding remarks, the head of the delegation stated that Lebanon alone could not provide solutions to improve the conditions of Palestinian refugees and that it could not replace UNRWA. He called on all delegations to consider the possibility to strengthen their support to UNRWA and recalled that the fundamental objective was the return of the Palestinian refugees to their homeland. 79. Lebanon was at the cross-roads between East and West and aimed to build bridges and be a model of development in the region for the better promotion and protection of human rights while maintaining its specificities. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 80. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue/listed below have been examined by Lebanon and enjoy the support of Lebanon: 80.1. Consider becoming a party to the human rights instruments it has not yet ratified. (Cote d’Ivoire); 80.2. Consider ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Mexico 4); (Turkey); 80.3. Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Algeria); 80.4. Expedite the necessary process to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and step up its efforts to address specific needs of persons with disabilities (Thailand); 80.5. Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, signed in 2007 (Spain); 80.6. Ratify the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of Diversity of the Cultural Expressions (Armenia); 13