A/HRC/42/9 among other things, institutional arrangements, access to the built environment, public transport, rehabilitation and employment. Noticeable progress had been made with regard to areas such as access to employment in the public service; more recently, persons with disabilities had been provided with opportunities through the National Employment Programme. 101. Regarding matters relating to children and women, particularly in a courtroom setting, the Cabinet had approved the establishment of a family court, which had been envisioned as part of the juvenile justice reform project. The need for such a specialized court had been identified, to afford the requisite privacy and special attention for family matters, such as custody, at-risk children, maintenance and other issues. As the approval to establish the family court had been given shortly before Hurricane Maria, the formation of the court had been set back, but efforts were ongoing. 102. In relation to juvenile justice, detained juveniles were currently kept in the same area as adult prisoners, within the State prison system. The ministry responsible for justice was working to have a separate facility constructed for juveniles so that they would be separated from the adult prison population; more focused attention would be given to them, in particular for their rehabilitation. 103. The delegation of Dominica stressed that, regarding the issue of discrimination against indigenous peoples, and in relation to the Kalinago people, the Government had in recent years been pursuing programmes designed to uplift the status of the Kalinago people. Support had been provided to children from the Kalinago territory to facilitate their access to schooling and health care. In addition, a number of houses and a new school had been built to benefit the Kalinago community. Moreover, as a result of support for access to tertiary education, members of the Kalinago people were becoming lawyers and doctors and participating more fully in various aspects of society. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 104. The following recommendations will be examined by Dominica, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the forty-second session of the Human Rights Council: 104.1 Complete the ongoing national procedures to ratify core human rights conventions (Bahamas); Accelerate the process of signing and ratifying the core international instruments for the protection and promotion of human rights (Georgia); Speed up the process of ratification or accession to international human rights instruments (Senegal); 104.2 Make further efforts to accede to the main international United Nations human rights instruments (Iraq); 104.3 Ratify all the core international human rights instruments to which it is not a party yet (Honduras); 104.4 Adhere to or ratify the fundamental international human rights treaties (Costa Rica); 104.5 Seek the technical and other assistance necessary to honour its national and international human rights commitments, especially with the ratification of treaties and conventions (Barbados); 104.6 Consider ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) of the International Labour Organization (Uruguay); 104.7 Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty to formalize its de facto moratorium on the death penalty with a view to abolition (Australia); 12

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