A/HRC/25/14 people’s enjoyment recommendations. of economic, social and cultural rights. Senegal made 98. Sierra Leone recognized the hospitality Chad provided in hosting refugees from neighbouring countries, its efforts to address the problem of child soldiers and its signature and ratification of international human rights instruments. It called for those legislative achievements to be translated into action. It made recommendations. 99. Singapore noted the cooperation of Chad with the United Nations Development Programme to implement a programme to strengthen judicial services, human rights and gender equality. It highlighted efforts to further improve the gender policy and improve child protection and education. Singapore made recommendations. 100. Sudan commended Chad for acceding to international and regional human rights instruments. It noted steps to combat poverty and develop microcredit programmes and highlighted measures to improve the situation of children. Sudan made recommendations. 101. Uganda noted the adoption of legislative and administrative measures to promote and protect human rights and the cooperation of Chad with international mechanisms and civil society. It called on the international community to address the challenges faced by Chad. Uganda made recommendations. 102. In response to the question on child soldiers, the delegation recalled that the Government had worked with a special United Nations team to carry out checks in at least eight security and defence zones in the country. There were no longer any child soldiers and steps would be taken to ensure that there never would be again. However, the issue remained a challenge for Chad, as it was not enough to withdraw child soldiers, they had to be reintegrated. The authorities, in cooperation with UNICEF, were working to ensure that reintegration was successful. 103. Returning to the references made to the law on the press, the delegation reiterated that there was no definitive law and that if it transpired that the 2010 law was inadequate in any respect, amendments could be considered in consultation with the relevant stakeholders. 104. With regard to the death penalty, the delegation noted that it was not enough simply to enact legislation, but that attitudes needed to be changed and that, when the time was right, the State would decide what it needed to do in that regard. 105. The delegation also stressed the problem of the weight of custom and tradition, which was a constraint on women’s and children’s rights. The reason for the delay in introducing legislation in that area was that it was necessary to work on changing mindsets before laws were enacted. Legislative measures should reflect the will of the people. 106. With respect to the events of February 2008, the delegation noted that it was a judicial problem and that the Chadian authorities had provided the resources for the justice system to carry out investigations entirely independently. Efforts had also been made to compensate the victims of sexual violence. 107. The delegation said that the authorities had approved the national gender policy, which would soon be formally adopted. With regard to violence against women, awarenessraising campaigns had been conducted in all regions of the country in cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund. 108. With regard to education, the delegation reported that the 1996 law provided for free public education and promoted girls’ education. In addition, the Government had begun a reform of the education system and set up a mechanism for pooling resources, an agency for the promotion of community education initiatives to which the State, partners and parents’ associations contributed resources for the running of schools according to their GE.14-10021 13