A/HRC/41/9 9. In order to provide justice for victims in Yemen, an independent National Commission of Inquiry had been established to investigate allegations of human rights violations since the coup. It had produced five periodic reports on investigations it had conducted. 10. The Government remained committed to ensuring equality for women and to fighting discrimination against them through constitutional and legal means. It had implemented strategies to improve women’s rights in the labour sphere and in decisionmaking roles. The Government guaranteed equal salaries to men and women in public employment. 11. Measures had been taken by the Government to protect children from early marriage, and a bill had been drafted to define the minimum age for marriage. In accordance with the outcome document of the National Dialogue Conference, the minimum age for marriage would be set at 18, with penal sanctions for those violating that provision. 12. The Government had developed many national strategies relating to the rights of the child, including the National Strategy on Reproductive Health and the National Strategy on Child Labour. 13. The Government had also developed a strategy to fight child recruitment and reintegrate children who had been involved in armed conflict into society. On 18 December 2018, the Government had adopted an initiative on the protection of children in armed conflict, prepared with the assistance of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). 14. The Government had striven to provide protection for refugee rights in national law and recognized the integral role of refugees in Yemen. Yemen continued to receive waves of migrants and refugees from the Horn of Africa. The Government, in coordination with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), provided shelter and addressed the situation in the best way possible. 15. The National Association for the Marginalized was included in the constitutional consultation group and represented the needs and human rights concerns of the marginalized. It had encouraged the establishment of the National Federation for the Most Vulnerable and Poorest, and the establishment of non-governmental organizations. 16. A technical committee for human rights had been established, which included representatives of governmental bodies, including the judiciary, security and military agencies and relief committees. Membership continued to be expanded to include a range of other groups. 17. The Government was working on improving the independence, professionalism and performance of the judiciary, and was repairing judicial buildings destroyed by the Houthis. Over eight courts had been rehabilitated. 18. In the National Dialogue Conference outcome document, participants had recommended the establishment of an independent supreme council on journalism and mass media, responsible for overseeing the media and providing legal and ethical safeguards to protect freedom of opinion, expression and media. 19. The outcome document also included provisions to explicitly protect freedom of opinion and assembly, including peaceful demonstrations and strikes, as long as public or private property was not harmed, with criminal penalties for those who violated those fundamental freedoms. 20. The Government had established a National Commission to Combat Human Trafficking. Furthermore, there had been a series of government bills and decisions aimed at ending human trafficking, in all forms, protecting victims, providing them with rehabilitation and respecting their human rights and dignity. 21. Despite the deterioration of the education sector due to the activities of Houthi militias in a number of Yemeni governorates, the Government had exerted great efforts to rebuild and renovate schools. The Government had also expanded a number of educational institutions in order to absorb additional students from the families of migrants and refugees, and the Ministry of Education had redrafted school curricula to make them more inclusive. 3