A/HRC/18/4 teaching, given the 65,000 Turkish people living in the State party. Turkey made recommendations. 93. South Africa, referring to the recommendations by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to monitor the incidence and combating of racism and xenophobia and to promote intercultural understanding and tolerance, requested information on their implementation and on the degree to which the elimination and prevention of racist and xenophobic acts is addressed in the platform “Denmark 2020, Knowledge, Growth, Prosperity, Welfare”. While Denmark is party to several human rights instruments, South Africa noted that it maintains certain reservations and declarations. It made recommendations. 94. Burkina Faso welcomed Denmark’s dedication to human rights promotion and protection nationally and abroad, including in Burkina Faso. It welcomed Denmark’s efforts to combat poverty, protect the rights of the disabled and eliminate discrimination against women. It made a recommendation. 95. Malaysia expressed concern about commercial sexual exploitation of children and child sex tourism in Denmark, enquired about measures to address this and about Denmark’s intentions to prohibit the commercialization of sexual services. Malaysia noted reports on the increase of discrimination, intolerance and absence of respect of the religious sensitivities of minority groups, particularly Islam. Malaysia made recommendations. 96. Bangladesh appreciated Denmark’s contribution to human rights promotion and protection endeavours in developing countries, especially empowering women in development activities, and commended it for exceeding the Official Development Assistance target set by the United Nations. It appreciated actions to ensure protection of ethnic groups, curbing trafficking, and the high standards of reception centres for unaccompanied children seeking asylum. Persisting racial discrimination, prejudices, stereotyping and profiling of migrants as well as instances of racist statements and expressions, including with negative religious overtones by high public figures and the media remained of concern. Bangladesh made recommendations. 97. Guatemala sought information on policies to ensure an adequate standard of living, health and work for migrants. It inquired about the reasons why Denmark has not ratified the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and asked if it intended to do so in the near future. Guatemala further enquired about the status of the recommendations by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on eliminating labour market obstacles for migrants. Guatemala made a recommendation. 98. Kyrgyzstan welcomed the steps taken by Denmark to safeguard human rights, the standing invitation to special procedures, the establishment of a national preventive mechanism in accordance with the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and the rules regarding the construction of buildings to facilitate access for the disabled. Despite significant progress, deficiencies remained in achieving effective equality of men and women, with regard to the situation of unaccompanied refugee minors and of asylumseekers. It noted that, to date, Denmark has only incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into its national legislation. Kyrgyzstan made recommendations. 99. The delegation of Denmark stressed that efforts are being made to combat violence in intimate relations. The numbers of abused women dropped from 42,000 in 2002 to 28,000 in 2007. 100. With regard to the incrimination of rape, the Government has asked an expert committee on criminal law to thoroughly review chapter 24 of the Criminal Code on sexual offences. 13