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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withdrawn several reservations to international human rights treaties.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
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