A/HRC/43/9/Add.1 1. The Republic of San Marino would like to thank the Member States and Observer Countries of the Human Rights Council for the interest shown in the Third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of San Marino, held on 6 November 2019, and for the recommendations made during the review. 2. While adopting the report of the UPR Working Group on 8 November 2019, San Marino announced its intention to carefully consider all 109 recommendations submitted by the Member States and Observer Countries of the Human Rights Council and to provide its response before the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council. 3. After careful assessment and in consultation with the competent Ministries, the Republic of San Marino is pleased to provide the following responses. San Marino’s responses to the recommendations contained in paragraph 119 of the report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (A/HRC/43/9) A. Accepted recommendations 4. The Republic of San Marino accepts the following recommendations: 119.10, 119.11, 119.16, 119.23, 119.24, 119.26, 119.27, 119.28, 119.29, 119.30, 119.31, 119.32, 119.33, 119.34, 119.36, 119.37, 119.38, 119.39, 119.40, 119.41, 119.42, 119.43, 119.44, 119.45, 119.46, 119.48, 119.49, 119.50, 119.53, 119.54, 119.55, 119.56, 119.59, 119.60, 119.61, 119.62, 119.63, 119.64, 119.65, 119.66, 119.67, 119.68, 119.72, 119.73, 119.74, 119.75, 119.76, 119.77, 119.78, 119.82, 119.83, 119.84, 119.85, 119.86, 119.87, 119.88, 119.89, 119.90, 119.91, 119.93, 119.94, 119.95, 119.97, 119.98, 119.99, 119.100, 119.102, 119.103, 119.104, 119.105, 119.107 and 119.109. 5. The Republic of San Marino also would like to provide information on some recommendations, which have been accepted and are considered to be already implemented. Recommendation 119.11: the accession process to the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court is currently underway and will be brought to the examination of the Great and General Council (Parliament) for ratification at one of its forthcoming sittings. Recommendations 119.23 and 119.24: the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) was ratified by San Marino on 18 January 2016 and, subsequently, the San Marino Parliament adopted Law no. 57 of 6 May 2016 to implement and adapt San Marino legislation to the provisions of the Convention. Recommendation 119.29: San Marino has never presented candidates for membership of the UN Treaty-bodies, therefore the need to adopt a specific process when selecting national candidates has never arisen. We ensure that, in the event of applications to be submitted in the future, we will follow the most open, merit-based and transparent process possible, as we have already done when selecting candidates for other international bodies. Recommendations 119.33, 119.34, 119.36, 119.37, 119.38, 119.39, 119.40, 119.41, 119.42, 119.43, 119.44, 119.45 and 119.46: over the next five years, all the necessary assessments and evaluations will be carried out with a view to establishing a National Human Rights Institution. Recommendation 119.82: the extension of compulsory schooling to include the last year of pre-primary education, although not included into a legislative measure, is de facto in force in San Marino. The data for the last three years on the enrolment of children in the last year of pre-primary education confirm that more than 95% of children residing in San Marino attend kindergarten. In the remaining cases, the Directorate of Pre-primary School verifies with the families the reason for failure to enrol their children in the last year of 2