A/HRC/8/35 Page 12 of the assembly for the defence of women’s rights and of children’s rights, of NGOs, of trade unions, and of religious confessions, which acts as a balance to public authorities. 58. The representative noted that since the 1970s, Gabon had been a receiving country of migrant workers and their families, and that it was very interested in the ICRMW. It took note of the recommendation to sign and ratify it, and will share it with the relevant authorities. 59. The representative noted that the adoption of certain recommendations would require consultation with the relevant authorities of Gabon. II. CONCLUSIONS AND/OR RECOMMENDATIONS 60. In the course of the discussion, the following recommendations were made to Gabon: 1. To raise the school attendance rate and develop facilities at the various levels of education, while favouring gender equality and access to education, with technical and financial assistance provided by the international community (Algeria); 2. To implement its vast programme launched for human rights promotion, with the support of the international community (Chad, Morocco); 3. To sign and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (France); 4. To ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Finland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in the near future (Czech Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Mexico); the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Canada); 5. To take urgent measures to transform the decision to abolish the death penalty into law as soon as possible (Finland); 6. To consider extending a standing invitation to all special procedures of the Human Rights Council (Latvia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Canada); 7. To consider the request of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education favourably and allow the Special Rapporteur’s visit (Hungary, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 8. To accelerate the progress of legal reforms to eliminate discriminatory provisions, especially from the civil and criminal codes; and to increase efforts to amend legislation regarding gender equality in accordance with Gabon’s international obligations, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Germany);