A/HRC/11/28 Page 11 efforts in combating domestic violence, in particular in raising the awareness of the population through information campaigns and by enhancing the system of criminal prosecution and (b) follow up dynamically on its policies of combating prison overpopulation, in particular through the development of new facilities. 54. Mexico commended Mauritius on, inter alia, its combat against poverty and efforts to realise the Millennium Development Goals. It recommended to Mauritius to: (a) ensure that the National Human Rights Commission operates in line with the Paris Principles; (b) prohibit in the Constitution all forms of discrimination without exception; (c) develop a policy for the use of Creole at all levels of primary education, and incorporate human rights in the education curricula; (d) make all possible efforts to eradicate all forms of violence and, all forms of abuse against children and eliminate completely police brutality; (e) ratify the CPD and its Optional Protocol, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (ICRMW), the CED, the Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (ICCPR-OP2) and the Optional Protocol to CRC on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (OP-CRC-SC). 55. New Zealand noted the introduction of new measures aimed at clearing a backlog of court cases and mentioned that it is unfortunate that in the past some important cases, including rape trials have been dismissed due to delays. New Zealand recommended to Mauritius to: (a) continue its efforts to eliminate discrimination against women. Specifically it recommended to Mauritius to: (b) include provisions in its Equal Opportunities Act on the equal rights of women and men; (c) provide girls with access to education facilities and resources equivalent to those available to boys; (d) intensify awareness raising campaigns on women’s rights and (e) include marital rape as an offence under the proposed Sexual Offences Bill. It noted with concern reports of a low proportion of children with disabilities attending school and recommended that (f) the plan outlined by the Attorney-General for the early ratification of the CPD include measures to increase the proportion of children with disabilities attending school. New Zealand also noted concerns about incidents of child abuse and neglect, including sexual abuse and recommended to Mauritius to (g) adopt measures for the prevention of sexual abuse and provide facilities for the care, recovery and reintegration for child victims of violence and; (h) undertake further steps to eradicate child prostitution and child labour. 56. Azerbaijan noted that progress has been made towards ensuring gender equality and combating poverty. It commended efforts undertaken by the Government to prevent and protect, especially women and children, from domestic violence. It asked how effective have been the Family and Welfare Unit and its six regional offices and what major challenges these entities face in their work. It recommended to Mauritius to: (a) consider implementation of the recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission contained in paragraph 37 of the national report; (b) consider becoming party to the ICRMW; and (c) continue to improve the access to education, health care and medicine. 57. Latvia noted with satisfaction the remarkable improvements in the fields of education and health care, as well as Mauritius pledge to continue to uphold the primacy of democracy, good governance and development and strengthen national institutions that protect human rights. It appreciated that Mauritius is considering whether to issue a standing invitation to the Special Procedures. Considering previous cooperation of Mauritius with mandate holders, Latvia recommended to Mauritius to consider extending a standing invitation to all Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council.