A/HRC/19/2 paragraph in the addendum to the report of the Working Group should read that Tajikistan had accepted recommendation 90.38. 349. The Government paid special attention to the enhancement of the role of women in society and to equality between men and women. The delegation pointed out some measures that the Government had taken recently in this regard. The process of drafting a law on domestic violence had started with the aim of combating domestic violence and providing victims with assistance. Tajikistan had accepted the recommendation that it ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The Government planned to implement recommendations regarding the treatment of women prisoners and non-custodial measures for women offenders. 350. As a continuation of its measures to reform the criminal code, Tajikistan had accepted the recommendations that it ratify the second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Tajikistan had also accepted the recommendations on ensuring the independence of the Council of Justice, holding regular medical examinations of persons deprived of their liberty, and ensuring independent and impartial investigations into all allegations of violation of human rights. 351. Tajikistan had also accepted the recommendation on ensuring the right to challenge the lawfulness of administrative detention and the access of detainees to a lawyer, doctor and their family members from the time that they are taken into custody, and on amending the Criminal Procedural Code to ensure that the identity of officers involved in detaining a person is duly recorded. 352. Tajikistan had accepted the recommendation on bringing the Criminal Code into line with international standards on freedom of assembly and religion, and considered that the recommendation had already been implemented. The delegation explained that, under the Criminal Code, participants in public assemblies were subject to criminal action only if they had personally taken part in violent acts or disorder. 353. The delegation stated that national legislation provided the necessary guarantees for the establishment of independent media, and it referred to several measures taken to ensure the freedom of the media. Tajikistan had accepted the recommendation on freedom of expression and the media, and on transparent procedures for obtaining a broadcasting licence. It had also accepted a recommendation on prohibiting, preventing and sanctioning child labour. The delegation explained that legislation prohibited child labour and that the Government continued its efforts to prevent and prosecute it. 354. With regard to the recommendation on national and international monitoring in penitentiary institutions, the delegation explained that detention conditions were in line with minimum standards and norms in this area and that complaint mechanisms were available for persons in detention. Furthermore, Tajikistan offered the possibility for national and international monitors to visit detention centres in accordance with the arrangements and regulations laid down by national law. 355. After careful consideration, Tajikistan had not accepted several recommendations owing to the financial and economic situation in the country. Tajikistan had not accepted the recommendations on ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and conventions on statelessness owing to the lack of financial and administrative resources necessary for the implementation of obligations under those treaties. In response to the recommendations regarding the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, the Government had made special efforts to strengthen national human rights institutions, reform the judicial system and improve the Criminal Code. However, Tajikistan was not in a position to establish the national preventative mechanism as required by the Optional Protocol owing to its economic situation; therefore, it could not support the recommendation. The ratification of the International Convention for the 184 GE.13-14768