A/HRC/37/15 11. Japan had implemented various measures to eradicate sexual exploitation of children and tackle sexual offences and human trafficking, such as formulating the Basic Plan on Measures against Child Sexual Exploitation, revising the Penal Code, revising the Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons and amending the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes and Control of Crime Proceeds. 12. On the protection of the human rights of all people, including foreign nationals, Japan had enforced the Hate Speech Elimination Act. 13. Under the amended Criminal Procedure Code, all detained suspects were eligible for court-appointed defence counsel, and audiovisual recording of interrogations was mandatory in cases specified by the Code. 14. Regarding the substitute detention system, besides the amendment noted above, the time, duration and manner of interrogations by the police were controlled by a national regulation. Furthermore, it was the judges who decided the reason or need for detention. 15. Japan stated that, regarding the comfort women issue, the Foreign Ministers of Japan and the Republic of Korea had confirmed that the issue was “resolved finally and irreversibly”. Under the cooperation between the two countries, projects had been carried out for recovering the honour and dignity and healing the psychological wounds of former comfort women, based upon that agreement. Japan would lead the world in making the twenty-first century an era in which women’s human rights were not infringed upon. 16. Japan looked forward to having future-oriented and constructive exchanges of views. B. Interactive dialogue and responses by the State under review 17. During the interactive dialogue, 106 delegations made statements. Recommendations made during the dialogue are to be found in section II of the present report. 18. The Netherlands welcomed the reinforced prosecution of sexual offences and domestic abuse. It regretted the lack of a moratorium on executions. 19. New Zealand welcomed the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 20. Norway expressed concerns at the lack of legislation against workplace gender discrimination, and at executions. 21. Panama welcomed the submission of periodic reports to the treaty bodies. 22. Peru appreciated progress regarding the rights of persons with disabilities and gender equality, and the Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons. 23. The Philippines welcomed measures to address the gender pay gap, disparities in inheritance rights between children born in or out of wedlock, and violence against women, as well as the ratification of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Trafficking in Persons Protocol, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 24. Portugal made recommendations. 25. Qatar welcomed the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the fourth Basic Plan for Gender Equality and the Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons, and human rights training for civil servants. 26. The Republic of Korea expressed concern about the so-called “comfort women” issue, emphasizing that the correct education of history was imperative to prevent recurrence of the past wrongdoings. It noted that many victims and civil society groups had found key elements of the Agreement on Comfort Women unacceptable and unsatisfactory. It also noted the adoption of the Hate Speech Elimination Act. 3