A/HRC/28/11 8. During its first universal periodic review, Angola had accepted 166 recommendations. The status of implementation of those recommendations was contained in the national report that had been submitted to the Human Rights Council. The report had been prepared by the intersectoral commission for human rights reporting, with the active participation of Angolan civil society organizations. 9. The delegation stated that in 2010, the Committee on the Rights of the Child had examined the second to fourth consolidated periodic reports of Angola on the implementation of the Convention. The next consolidated report would be submitted in October 2015. In February 2013, the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) had considered the country’s sixth periodic report. In March 2013, the Human Rights Committee had considered the initial report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). In April 2013, the then United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights had visited Angola. While the High Commissioner had noted challenges, she also acknowledged the progress that had been made. 10. The delegation stated that in 2010, the Government had taken concrete steps to strengthen the national system of human rights protection with the merger of the then Ministry of Justice and the Office of the Secretary of State for Human Rights, resulting in the establishment of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. 11. The National Assembly had approved for discussion the draft law on the organization and functioning of the courts, which provided for the establishment of 60 district courts and 5 courts of appeal, making access to justice faster, more accessible and less costly. 12. The efforts to achieve the main objectives of the Millennium Development Goals had halved the extreme poverty rates. The Government had established the National Plan of Development for 2013–2017, creating conditions to enable the growth of the economy and for the better distribution of wealth. 13. The preliminary results of the census held in May indicated that the country had 24,383,301 inhabitants, of whom 52 per cent were female. Women were by far the majority in the population. However, their representation corresponded to 21 per cent in government jobs, 36 per cent in parliament, 30 per cent in the judicial system and 50 per cent in diplomacy. 14. The Government was implementing the National Programme on Housing and Urban Development, with the main focus on building 35,000 houses and ensuring the right to adequate housing. Evictions occurred only by court order and people were resettled. About 20,000 homes built in the Province of Luanda (Zango project) had been given free of charge to citizens who had been evicted. Also, efforts had been made to improve the distribution of energy and water, and the delegation mentioned the three main programmes in that regard. 15. In response to the advance questions, the delegation stated that Angola was examining the compatibility of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court with its own legal system. The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) and the Optional Protocol thereto (OP-CAT), together with other instruments, had been signed in 2013, and was going through the process of ratification. 16. The Government had invited the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to nondiscrimination in this context, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants and the Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and of association to visit Angola. 4