A/HRC/WG.6/5/L.5 page 20 74. In answer to other questions asked, the Congolese delegation stated that public freedoms, including freedom of association, freedom of assembly and freedom of the press, were protected by law. There were no prisoners of conscience in the Congo. 75. However, as in all democracies, enjoyment of the right to freedom of assembly was subject to certain conditions laid down by law. 76. With regard to extending a standing invitation to Human Rights Council special rapporteurs, the Congolese delegation reiterated its commitment to cooperating with United Nations bodies. An invitation had been issued to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people who, because of scheduling problems, had been unable to visit the Congo in 2008. The visit would take place in 2010. 77. With regard to decriminalization of the offence of homosexuality, the Congolese delegation considered the issue to be a cultural one, persistent prejudice being such that the status quo remained unchanged. 78. The Congolese delegation thanked all the delegations that had taken the floor and undertook to consider in depth the recommendations that had been made with the aim of improving the human rights situation in the Congo. II. CONCLUSIONS AND/OR RECOMMENDATIONS 79. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue have been examined by Congo and the recommendations listed below enjoy the support of Congo: 1. Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Right of the Child on the involvement of children in Armed Conflict (CRC-OP-AC) (France, Gabon); ratify both Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) (CRC-OP-AC and the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, CRC-OP-SC) (Argentina, Slovenia); 2. Consider accelerating the ratification of all human rights treaties to which it is not yet party, particularly ICESR-OP, ICCPR-OP 2, CEDAWC, CAT-OP, CRC-OP-AC, and CRC-SC-OP (Slovenia); ratify CEDAW-OP, as well as the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the Palermo Protocol and the