A/HRC/43/16/Add.1 order to guarantee the rule of law, while ensuring that all human rights of persons deprived of their liberty are respected. In light of the foregoing: • The following recommendations have been accepted: 70, 71, 72, 7546, 76, 8047, 87, 89, 117, 141, 161, 165, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 177, 180, 182, 185, 188, 189, 191, 192, 194 48, 20049, 20250, 20651, 20752, 220, 222, 272, 36053 and 36554; • The following recommendations have been partially accepted: 4, 62, 16355, 166, 175, 193 and 19756; • The following recommendations have been implemented: 8857, 17858, 18659, 18760, 19061, 19862 and 19963; • The following recommendations are inaccurate: 12464, 12665, 18366 and 20867; • The following recommendations have not been accepted: 7868, 81, 140, 162 and 372; • The following recommendation is hostile: 167. H. Economic, social and cultural rights 13. The Government has launched a Sustainable Development Strategy for the period until 2030, and is taking steps in that context to implement major projects to provide employment opportunities, adequate housing, safe drinking water, sanitation and health care, to promote respect for cultural pluralism, and to improve the quality of education. The Government is determined to provide a decent life for all citizens without discrimination, with the participation of civil society, the private sector and international development partners. It continues to implement its plan for comprehensive economic reform and conversion of the informal economy into a formal economy with a view to encouraging domestic investment, attracting foreign investment and increasing the economic growth rate. In light of the foregoing: • The following recommendations have been accepted: 5869, 5970, 64, 65, 66, 152, 155, 159, 181, 210, 217, 219, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 245, 246, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 273, 274, 27571, 276, 278, 283, 284, 28672, 287, 28973, 291, 295, 296, 297, 302, 322, 32474, 362, 366 and 371; • The following recommendations have been partially accepted: 277, 279 and 361; • The following recommendations are inaccurate: 5775 and 6176. I. Combating human trafficking and illegal migration 14. The Government takes vigorous action to combat the crime of human trafficking, both by prescribing harsher penalties for such crimes and by protecting victims’ rights through the National Strategy for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (2016–2021). While the Constitution guarantees freedom of movement, residence and migration, and requires the interests of Egyptians residing abroad to be upheld, it prohibits all forms of enslavement, forced exploitation, the sex trade and other forms of trafficking in human beings. The law criminalizes all forms of smuggling of migrants and recognizes the right to 6 GE.20-03395

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