A/HRC/41/2 864. Morocco thanked the Dominican Republic for its acceptance of the recommendations made by Morocco with regard to pursuing efforts to improve access to adequate housing and in schooling and school infrastructure development. It congratulated the Dominican Republic for launching the National Human Rights Plan 2018-2022 and its first evaluation report presented in June 2019 by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. 3. General comments made by other stakeholders 865. During the adoption of the outcome of the review of the Dominican Republic, eight other stakeholders made statements.** 866. Plan International Inc. commended the commitment made by the Dominican Republic to implement the recommendations regarding combatting violence against women and children. It welcomed the commitment of the Ministry of Education in order to adopt public policies for gender equality in the educational system. It congratulated the Dominican Republic for having launched the National Plan for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy 2019-2023. It welcomed the acceptance by the Dominican Republic of the recommendations on combating child trafficking, raising the minimum age of marriage to 18 and providing adequate resources to the National Council for Children. 867. International Planned Parenthood Federation welcomed the fact that the Dominican Republic had supported the recommendations received on the provision of resources for the implementation of a strategic plan on reducing teenage pregnancies, the legislation on violence against women, and those aimed to decriminalise abortion in certain situations. It also welcomed that the Dominican Republic had taken measures in order to implement certain recommendations such as the departmental order by the Ministry of Education on a national education with a gender perspective. 868. Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches raised concerns about the statelessness in the Dominican Republic. It noted that, in 2014, several recommendations to address this issue had been made and regrettably, once again, the Dominican Republic had noted them during the third cycle. It welcomed the acceptance of the recommendations 160 and 162 but it was concerned about those born before 2010 who had been left in “legal limbo” regarding their right to nationality. It argued that these people risked being denied access to the registration for basic services and being deported to other countries that they did not know or had no link with. It urged the authorities to respect the right to a nationality of those at risk of becoming stateless and to implement all the recommendations that would ensure this. 869. Center for Global Nonkilling congratulated the Dominican Republic for its effort to address the birth registration issue. It noted with some regret that, though the Dominican Republic had committed itself to do the ratification of the Convention on the Prevention and the Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, no recommendation to this end had been made to the State. It stated that the Dominican Republic had declined the ratification of other human rights treaties, which included the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, stating that it was preparing the means needed to implement these recommendations. It wished to see these ratifications occur before the next passage of the Dominican Republic in the universal periodic review process. ** The statements of stakeholders that were unable to deliver them owing to time constraints which were made available are posted on the extranet of the Human Rights Council, at https://extranet.ohchr.org/sites/hrc/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/41Session/Pages/default.aspx 135