A/HRC/30/16 96. On human rights education, the delegation stated that Libya had organized seminars and workshops for women, children and other groups that required special attention in order to raise their awareness of their rights and duties. Numerous activities had been conducted in coordination with UNSMIL. Programmes had been put in place to raise awareness in certain important sectors, such as in the Ministry of Defence. Awarenessraising programmes had been set up and training courses held for the judicial police and prison sectors. 97. Concerning the accepted recommendations on gender equality, the delegation stressed that Libya had ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, as well as the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, which included a broad array of provisions concerning non-discrimination against women. 98. Article 6 of the Constitutional Declaration provided for gender equality before the law. The Constitution Drafting Assembly had addressed, in its proposals, all aspects of equality between men and women: divorce, inheritance and passing on nationality to children. Efforts were being made to bring national legislation into conformity with international standards and the rules of the sharia law. 99. Article 11 of Law No. 24 (2010) gave Libyan women the right to pass Libyan citizenship on to their children. An implementing regulation was supposed to have been put in place for that article; however, the political and security turmoil had not allowed for the promulgation of that regulation. 100. Women represented 60 per cent of the labour force. Law No. 58 (1971) prohibited the employment of women in dangerous jobs. The Social Insurance Act (1980) provided three-month maternity leave for working women. 101. The participation in elections made no distinction between men and women, and a system of quotas enabled women to participate fully in political life. The low representation of women was due to the culture of Libyan society and not to legislative restrictions. Regarding the participation of women in the United Nations-sponsored political dialogues, a special meeting for women in Tunisia had been held in April 2015 in order to stress the importance of their role in building State institutions. 102. Libya had been trying to find ways to better guarantee the rights of children through various entities such as the High Council for Childhood. The Ministry of Social Affairs was cooperating with the United Nations Children’s Fund and local councils in this regard. 103. Regarding persons with disabilities, the delegation stated that Law No. 5 (1987) remained in effect and provided persons with disabilities with the rights to shelter, subsidized housing services, education, health care, access to facilities for the use of public transport, among others. Libya had also ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 104. Montenegro expressed concern about violence and armed clashes, highlighting that all the parties responsible for human rights violations should be held to account. 105. Morocco appreciated the establishment of the National Council on Civil Liberties and Human Rights and the Civil Society Commission, and the law on transitional justice. It supported the United Nations-led national political dialogue. 106. Namibia urged all parties involved to assist the Constitutional Drafting Assembly in delivering a constitution guaranteeing fundamental rights and ensuring the separation of powers. 11