A/HRC/23/14 fighting gender-based violence. Owing to the wide scope of this Convention, it would take some time to analyse whether national legislation had to be amended or national processes had to be established. 83. As for the European Social Charter, its ratification would imply significant adjustments of the domestic laws. Against the background of pending ratifications of other important international treaties, there was, for the time being, no clearly fixed timetable for its ratification. 84. Finally, the examination of the ICRMW as well as its existing practice had raised major concerns with regard to its legal application. This was why Liechtenstein had not ratified that Convention. As to reservations, since the last UPR, Liechtenstein had withdrawn several reservations to international human rights treaties. For the near future, the withdrawal of two reservations on family reunification was planned. 85. On the alignment of national legislation with all obligations under the Rome Statute, Liechtenstein had ratified the amendments on the crime of aggression, together with the amendment on article 8 adopted at the review conference in Kampala. The Kampala amendments would be incorporated as separate provisions in the Liechtenstein Criminal Code, and the Liechtenstein law on the cooperation with the International Criminal Court and other international courts would be amended accordingly. 86. The impartiality of the judiciary and the appointment of judges was fully guaranteed under the current system and was a fundamental principle of the legal order in Liechtenstein. 87. With regard to persons with disabilities, it was emphasized that when the Law on the Equality of Persons with Disabilities had been drafted and adopted in 2006, specific provisions concerning the protection against discrimination at the workplace had been included. 88. As to the question from Cuba about ODA, Liechtenstein had repeatedly underscored its commitment to achieving the international ODA target of 0.7 per cent as soon as possible. 89. On the question from Switzerland on abortion, there had been an initiative of some Parliamentarians, which commissioned the Government of Liechtenstein to make a proposal as regarded the situation of pregnant women. 90. On the issue of education, the delegation indicated that the Office of Education was aware of its important role in promoting human rights and tolerance and combating any other form of racial discrimination. Major reforms and initiatives had been taking place over the previous years, and there had been intensive political debates on educational matters. The Education Strategy had been published in 2011, and together with the integration concept, had proved a positive influence at the administrative level. By implementing a steering group on language issues and addressing the opportunities for learning languages of origin, Liechtenstein had been able to enforce and address the issues of migration and gender more on a higher policy level. 91. On human trafficking, Liechtenstein was now facing relatively new phenomenon, which was organized beggar groups from Eastern European countries, often of Roma origin. In a few cases, minors had been involved. They could be victims of human trafficking for labour exploitation. Liechtenstein had decided to learn more about victimrelated projects in Austria and Switzerland and evaluate potential cooperation. Contacts had also been established with Romanian authorities present in Switzerland in that regard. 92. With regard to concerns raised by Belarus, the delegation indicated that Liechtenstein met high standards for investigating and prosecuting alleged cases of police 14

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