A/HRC/21/15 particular, worsened that situation. The Netherlands was making an effort to promote school participation. The sensitivity of different sectors of economic crisis had provoked increasing of unemployment in specific sectors, such as the construction sector. 95. The Netherlands was also taking more action against human trafficking. In 2009, penalties for trafficking in human beings had increased. Early in 2012, a legislative proposal to increase the penalties in that regard had been send to Parliament. A national prosecutor and 90 prosecutors specialized in human trafficking had been appointed. Almost all police forces had supervision teams at their disposal and one of the main achievements was the establishment of close supervision by local authorities in the prostitution sector. 96. Ms. Spies reported that, since 2002, a policy to combat domestic violence had been implemented. The evaluation made in 2011 showed achievements. Domestic violence had been placed on the agenda of public administration. The Prosecutor’s Office had given instructions for that crime to be investigated and the maximum penalty therefor had been increased. 97. In her closing remarks, Ms. Spies indicated that the Netherlands would further study the different recommendations and questions and report on them before September 2012. She reaffirmed the position that every country had room for improvement when it came to human rights. The Netherlands and the other countries of the Kingdom were not excluded therefrom. The upholding of human rights should never be considered as self-evident. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations** 98. The following recommendations will be examined by the Netherlands which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the twenty-second session of the Human Rights Council in September 2012: ** 14 98.1. Ratify the ICRMW (Algeria, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of)); 98.2. Consider ratifying the ICRMW (Mexico); 98.3. Study the possibility of ratifying the ICRMW and continue with its efforts to achieve the ratification of the CRPD (Argentina); 98.4. Consider ratifying the ICRMW as well as the ILO Convention 189 (Belarus); 98.5. Proceed swiftly with the ratification of the CRPD and its Optional Protocol (Estonia); 98.6. Ratify the CRPD and its Optional Protocol (France, Australia); 98.7. Consider ratifying the OP-CRPD (Morocco); 98.8. Ratify the OP-CRPD (Iran (Islamic Republic of)); 98.9. Ratify the CRPD and its Optional Protocol, as well as the OP-CESCR (Spain); 98.10. Adopt the necessary measures with a view to ratifying the CRPD and its Optional Protocol (Chile); 98.11. Study the possibility of ratifying the CRPD (Costa Rica); 98.12. Withdraw its reservations to the CRC (Iran (Islamic Republic of)); Conclusions and recommendations have not been edited.