A/HRC/36/11 119. India encouraged Brazil to enhance its efforts towards providing health care and education to its indigenous people and Afro-Brazilians. 120. Indonesia welcomed the establishment of the National System to Prevent and Combat Torture, in 2013, and the adoption of the National Education Plan for 2014-2024. 121. The Islamic Republic of Iran commended the achievements in the domain of social and economic rights, including poverty alleviation, promoting social equality, combating slave labour, and health. 122. Iraq commended combating of police violence and of rights violations by the police, and combating slavery, and welcomed the National Education Plan for 2014-2024. 123. Ireland welcomed the creation of the National System to Prevent and Combat Torture. It was concerned about incidents of targeted killings of human rights defenders. 124. Israel commended the establishment of the National Human Rights Council, the Committee to Fight Homophobia and the National Plan to Combat Human Trafficking. 125. Italy welcomed measures to combat slave labour, the adoption of laws concerning human trafficking and femicide, and the establishment of the National System to Prevent and Combat Torture. 126. Japan commended Brazil for improving the school enrolment rate and literacy rate, and appreciated efforts regarding minimizing racial discrimination. 127. Lebanon commended Brazil for measures taken to combat human trafficking, violence against women and exploitation of women. 128. Libya commended the adoption of policies to combat poverty, the education plan for 2014-2024 and the promotion of better health care. 129. Liechtenstein welcomed the adoption of the “Boy Bernardo Act”, but it was concerned that corporal punishment remained widely practised. It also welcomed the efforts made by Brazil to eradicate child labour. 130. Madagascar welcomed the adoption of the national primary care policy and of the national education plan for 2014-2024, and the successful application of positive discrimination. 131. Malaysia commended Brazil for its determination to pursue development, social justice and the strengthening of civil and political rights of its citizens. Malaysia encouraged Brazil to continue to combat poverty. 132. Maldives commended the efforts made by Brazil to eradicate child labour, and its progress in the health sector. It applauded its “National Policy of Primary Attention”. 133. Mexico acknowledged the progress made by Brazil in social assistance and poverty reduction and in combating gender-based violence, and welcomed the new migration law. 134. Mongolia welcomed the initiatives of Brazil to protect human rights defenders and underlined its progress on improving the conditions of vulnerable groups. 135. Brazil thanked the delegations for their constructive participation and encouraging comments. It thanked the troika and the Secretariat, as well as the civil society organizations, human rights defenders and academics, and the people in Brazil. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 136. The following recommendations will be examined by Brazil, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the thirty-sixth session of the Human Rights Council: 136.1 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Albania) (Angola) (Argentina) (Montenegro) (Portugal); 10