A/HRC/24/10 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, held its sixteenth session from 22 April to 3 May 2013. The review of Djibouti was held at the 8th meeting on 25 April 2013. The delegation of Djibouti was headed by the Minister of Justice. At its 13th meeting held on 30 April 2013, the Working Group adopted the report on Djibouti. 2. On 14 January 2013, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of Djibouti: Burkina Faso, Qatar and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. 3. In accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to resolution 16/21, the following documents were issued for the review of Djibouti: (a) A national report submitted/written presentation made in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/16/DJI/1); (b) A compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/16/DJI/2); (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/16/DJI/3). 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by Lichtenstein, Mexico, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was transmitted to Djibouti through the troika. These questions are available on the extranet of the universal periodic review (UPR). I. Summary of the proceedings of the review process A. Presentation by the State under review 5. The head of the delegation of Djibouti, the Minister of Justice, said that Djibouti had become a party to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto in 2010. It had also ratified the two optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. 6. Since 2009, Djibouti had submitted a large number of reports to treaty bodies, including the core document in 2010,1 the report on the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 2010,2 the report on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women,3 the report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural 1 2 3 GE.13-15502 HRI/CORE/DJI/2010. CAT/C/DJI/1. CEDAW/C/DJI/1-3. 3