A/HRC/19/7 creation of the Fund for Life of Children and programmes for the treatment of noncommunicable diseases, cancer and antiretroviral drugs. It made recommendations. 43. United Kingdom welcomed the Government’s ongoing review of the death penalty. It hoped that the adoption of a multitiered classification for murder would hand presiding judges the power to make a decision on sentencing, and preclude the mandatory imposition of the death penalty. It recognized the work undertaken to address discrimination against women. It asked when existing legislation on sexual harassment and violence against women would be implemented and when specialized rape and sexual offences units would become operational within police stations. It noted that measures concerning a State of Emergency should be fully justified and used only in exceptional circumstances. It made recommendations. 44. France noted that Trinidad and Tobago was party to a number of international and regional human rights instruments and that its Constitution recognized fundamental rights and freedoms. It noted that, even if the last execution in the country was in 1999, the death penalty was still in force. It welcomed the establishment of an independent and impartial entity to deal with police complaint, noting however its mandate remained undefined. France also noted that certain provisions of the Criminal Code criminalized sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex. It made recommendations. 45. Slovenia commended the Government for the establishment of the national steering committee for the prevention and elimination of child labour and encouraged it to continue its efforts on this field. Slovenia noted that it was not a party of some core universal human rights treaties, such as the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and some others. Slovenia regretted that the Government had decided to withdraw from the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. It made recommendations. 46. Nicaragua noted the progress of Trinidad and Tobago in the construction of a solid legislative and institutional framework. It noted that, despite the current global economic and financial crisis, Trinidad and Tobago had kept its priorities and congratulated it for its social programmes. It highlighted health and education programmes and financial assistance to the most vulnerable. It also highlighted the country’s achievements in security for citizens through weapons control, fight against drug trafficking, terrorism and human trafficking. It made recommendations. 47. Australia welcomed the Government’s commitment to better protecting the rights of women, children, the elderly and the disabled, and advancing the economic and social rights of its citizens. Australia continued to be concerned by reports of excessive use of police force and by reports on the treatment of detainees. Australia encouraged Trinidad and Tobago to thoroughly investigate claims by members of the public of extrajudicial killings by police and urged it to make the findings of those investigations public. It urged Trinidad and Tobago to establish a moratorium on the death penalty as an interim measure towards full abolition. It made recommendations. 48. Canada commended the establishment of the Victim Support Units within the Police Service, but raised its concern over the issue of violence against women and children. It regretted that death sentences continued to be handed down by courts and was concerned by the bill aimed at reforming the Constitution regarding the death penalty. It was also concerned about reports of problems related to the police force and the persistence of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It made recommendations. 49. New Zealand noted that successive Governments had repudiated the use of torture and acknowledged the need to make improvements in prison conditions. It also noted that 8