A/HRC/31/4 38. Denmark noted that the Federated States of Micronesia had supported the recommendations from the first review cycle to ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and requested information on the specific steps that had been taken to honour that commitment. Denmark also highlighted the fact that the Convention against Torture Initiative stood ready to explore avenues to assist the Government in making progress in that regard. 39. Djibouti welcomed the efforts made by the Government to strengthen the protection of human rights, as well as the measures taken to implement the recommendations received during the first review cycle. 40. Estonia commended the Federated States of Micronesia for meeting its obligations through the incorporation of human rights principles into national policies. Estonia welcomed the first research efforts taken by the Federated States of Micronesia to develop comprehensive information on violence against women, and encouraged it to translate the collected data and findings into national legislation in order to better protect women and children from violence, including gender-based violence. Estonia also encouraged the Federated States of Micronesia to continue its efforts to become party to all the main international human rights instruments and to cooperate with the special procedures by issuing a standing invitation. 41. Fiji noted the work of the Federated States of Micronesia towards the adoption of a national gender policy, and the completion of the 2014 Family and Health and Safety Study on the prevalence of gender-based violence. Fiji stated that its experience had been similar to that of the Federated States of Micronesia in relation to the intersection between custom, customary attitudes and gender inequality, and that its own approach had been to mainstream gender and to ensure that legislation removed barriers to reporting on genderbased violence. Fiji also recognized that domestic violence and the abuse of children within the family remained largely unreported as a result of social, cultural and institutional barriers. 42. With respect to the issue of ratification of the remaining core human rights instruments, the head of the delegation reiterated that the Federated States of Micronesia had prepared a matrix on implementation that aimed to identify responsible government departments or agencies for such implementation and focus areas. 43. Regarding submission of the report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, she confirmed that the Federated States of Micronesia would be starting to prepare its second report under the Convention on the Rights of the Child in November 2015. There was a need to focus resources on the Child Protection Baseline Report, which would help identify the key areas on which the Federated States of Micronesia needed to focus and to which it needed to direct resources. 44. With respect to the issue of violence against women, she stated that, in order to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Federated States of Micronesia believed that the Family Health and Safety Study that had been completed in October would help the country to gather information and focus attention and resources on the relevant areas. 45. With regard to areas requiring constitutional amendment, the head of the delegation stated that constitutional amendments would be made subject to the national constitutional amendment process. 46. The head of delegation also highlighted the need for technical cooperation, which would enable the Federated States of Micronesia to address its weaknesses in public education and advocacy work on human rights issues. 8