A/HRC/10/72 Page 14 50. Uruguay thanked Luxembourg for the consulting process undertaken in the elaboration of the report. Noting the rise of the prison population, Uruguay asked for an explanation for the increase in the crime rate. It also asked if Luxembourg plans to apply non-custodial sentences as a way to ease prison overcrowding. 51. Senegal noted that the significant progress made in the protection of children, women and persons with disabilities, as well as the legal arsenal that Luxembourg has for dealing with human rights matters, illustrate its commitment in improving the situation. Senegal encouraged Luxembourg to enhance its efforts in education on human rights. Human rights education is the cornerstone for any lasting success in the promotion and protection of human rights. With regard to intercultural dialogue, Senegal asked for more information on the State’s approach and methodology used and envisaged. 52. In its reply to questions, Luxembourg stated that more progress was still needed in the area of the deprivation of freedom. Prisons needed to be built when necessary, but other systems have been introduced, such as the electronic bracelet; a law allowing for the release of persons on probation has been adopted and a law sets, in many instances, fines as an alternative to imprisonment. On the reform of divorce law currently before Parliament, it does, inter alia, modernize the legislation and establish equal age limits for men and women to marry. The Centre for Equal Treatment, the prerogatives and activities of which are described in the national report, has recently opened so no assessment of its experience could be made yet. Monitoring sentences would be an innovation in national legislation and the recommendation that Luxembourg establish a judge for sentence enforcement is being examined. Luxembourg thanked the participants for the constructive dialogue and affirmed that the universal periodic review was showing its usefulness. It reminded delegations that they all have the same goal, the continuous fight for universal respect for human rights laid 60 years ago by the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. II. CONCLUSIONS AND/OR RECOMMENDATIONS 53. In the course of discussions, it was recommended that Luxembourg: 1. Consider ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Algeria, Egypt, Mexico), the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Brazil, Argentina), the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (Brazil, Argentina, United Kingdom); recognize the competence of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (Argentina); ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and establish a national preventive mechanism related to it (Czech Republic); and complete the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (Egypt); 2. Continue consultations with numerous stakeholders in its follow-up to universal periodic review reports (United Kingdom); and cooperate closely with and strengthen the role of the Advisory Commission on Human Rights (Mexico); 3. Consider strengthening policies on human rights and mental health, with special attention to the area of child psychiatry (Brazil);