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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);
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