A/HRC/36/10 42. Kazakhstan highlighted the policies India had adopted to address health, education, housing, poverty alleviation, food and social security. 43. Kenya commended India for its continued efforts to increase the protection and promotion of human rights. 44. Kyrgyzstan backed the efforts of India, inter alia, to empower women and eradicate discrimination against them. 45. The Lao People’s Democratic Republic commended India for its socioeconomic policies to address people’s needs. 46. Latvia encouraged India to continue its efforts to improve the protection of women against violence, particularly in rural areas, and to enhance women’s political participation. 47. Lebanon commended the policies to promote freedom of expression and religion, strategies for poverty alleviation and the efforts to fight against human trafficking. 48. Libya commended the harmonization of development policies with the Sustainable Development Goals to make progress in the health and education sectors. 49. Liechtenstein made recommendations. 50. Lithuania commended India for reforming the Penal Code regarding the crimes of rape and sexual assault. 51. Madagascar welcomed progress regarding the promotion of food and health security and the willingness to intensify human rights training for security officials. 52. Malaysia viewed positively various development programmes to assist citizens to pursue upward socioeconomic mobility, such as the Stand-Up India scheme. 53. Maldives commended India for its continuous efforts to make education accessible to all children under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act. 54. Mauritius lauded India for its efforts and actions aiming at poverty alleviation, food security, access to safe water, education, health and housing rights. 55. Mexico acknowledged the progress India had made since the previous cycle, particularly its cooperation with special procedures and its efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. 56. Montenegro noted positive steps regarding the use of capital punishment, such as the Supreme Court decision to commute 15 death sentences to life imprisonment. 57. Mozambique commended India for the strides made towards socioeconomic development and poverty eradication. 58. Myanmar applauded India for its legislative, institutional and policy initiatives to promote and protect human rights and achieve socioeconomic development. 59. Namibia applauded the efforts of India to implement the recommendations from its previous review and its standing invitation to the special procedure mandate holders. 60. Nepal commended the measures aimed at improving the welfare of the marginalized population and the socioeconomic policies addressing people’s basic needs. 61. The Netherlands welcomed the steps taken to protect the rights of women and to enhance compensation to victims of communal violence. 62. Norway commended India for adopting the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act and ratifying the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) and Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) of the International Labour Organization (ILO), as had been recommended during the previous review. 63. The delegation of India stated that many specific laws existed to address violence against women and to bring perpetrators to justice, such as the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013, and the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The draft National Policy for Women aimed at further strengthening the entire architecture to address violence against women. 5