A/HRC/18/4 50. Afghanistan noted that Denmark is party to most human rights treaties, and has established the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the Action Plan on ethnic equal treatment and respect for the individual in July 2010. While welcoming Denmark’s cooperation with OHCHR, treaty bodies and special procedures, Afghanistan reiterated treaty body recommendations to incorporate the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention against Torture into national legislation to ensure direct application before courts. Afghanistan made a recommendation. 51. Indonesia commended Denmark for making respect for human rights a core value of Danish foreign policy. Indonesia referred to an incident of clear manifestation of defamation of Islam and noted cases of violence against women, particularly domestic violence and rape. Indonesia made recommendations. 52. Germany enquired about plans to improve the situation of children requesting asylum and about social welfare policy for refugees. Germany requested information on follow-up plans to recommendations by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to pursue efforts regarding violence against women, to adopt a coordination policy and specific legislation, including on domestic violence. It inquired about plans to improve access to citizenship by women, who are currently required to prove that they lived at least seven years with their husband. Germany commended Denmark for launching the Action Plan on ethnic equal treatment and sought more details. Germany made no recommendations. 53. Palestine commended Denmark for the importance given to human rights as universal values and noted that it has ratified many human rights treaties. Palestine noted Denmark’s concern about children’s rights, as reflected by the law on social services, ensuring that they are consulted on decisions which concern them. Palestine made recommendations. 54. Uzbekistan noted the recent measures by Denmark to combat racial discrimination and eliminate violence against women, and the inclusion in the Criminal Code of a special section on torture. Uzbekistan emphasized treaty body concerns about human rights violations, including the fact that offence of torture was not included in the Criminal Code and was subject to the statute of limitations. Uzbekistan noted negative and hostile attitudes towards growing numbers of immigrants. It made recommendations. 55. The delegation responded to written questions and questions from delegations during the interactive dialogue and clustered them into thematic issues. There were several considerations for not incorporating United Nations human rights instruments into national law: The Government assesses whether national law is in conformity with international conventions, and the conventions are relevant sources of law regardless of the method of implementation and can be invoked by national courts and other authorities. 56. Denmark does not consider a national action plan on human rights necessary, as various human rights issues are addressed on a concrete basis and initiatives are developed and implemented by experts responsible for the area of society concerned. Furthermore, new legislation is carried out within the framework of human rights obligations. 57. The Government considered it inexpedient to sign the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities since the obligations are difficult to define and subject to gradual implementation within resources available. 58. Danish case law is available on private websites which often require a subscription. Some case law from the Supreme Court and the Maritime and Commercial Court is 8