A/HRC/36/8 96. Finland emphasized that the Act on Equality between Women and Men prohibited gender-based discrimination, including discrimination based on pregnancy or family leave. The Government had appointed a working group in 2017 to address inequality issues. Further information was provided on the Government’s basic income experiment, healthand social-care reform, key projects and the Government programme for young people who were not in employment, education or training. 97. The delegation explained that Finland respected the principle of non-refoulement and provided international protection to those in need. As for the asylum process, case officers were trained to conduct interviews in a child-sensitive manner and followed specific guidelines to that end. The asylum authority had also designated a case officer who was specialized in the assessment of the best interest of the child. 98. The delegation elaborated on the stipulations concerning accessibility of public and private buildings and transport for persons with disabilities, including the government decree concerning accessibility of buildings. The Land Use and Building Act provided that a building and its surroundings must, insofar as its use required, be suitable for people whose capacity to move or function was limited. One of the objectives of the Finnish transport policy was to mainstream accessibility into different forms of transport. 99. The head of the delegation concluded by expressing gratitude for the frank and open debate and explained that the government network of contact persons for fundamental and human rights would review the recommendations received, respond to them and follow-up on their implementation. Finnish civil society would be invited to engage in the process, including by identifying priority recommendations and with regard to follow-up. She reiterated her country’s strong support for and commitment to the universal periodic review process. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 100. The following recommendations will be examined by Finland, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the thirty-sixth session of the Human Rights Council: 100.1 Withdraw its reservation to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (South Africa) (Portugal); 100.2 Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Philippines) (Egypt) (Honduras); 100.3 Promptly ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) (Guatemala); 100.4 Consider ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Mozambique) (Chile); 100.5 Consider ways forward for the ratification of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Indonesia); 100.6 Continue to consider acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and recognize the competence of its committee (Uruguay); 100.7 Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, recognizing in full the competence of the associated Committee (Portugal); 100.8 Speed up the process of accession to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Mozambique); 11