A/HRC/24/8 urged Tuvalu to ensure that the provisions of international human rights treaties were fully implemented in policy and practice. On access to justice issues, it urged Tuvalu to ensure that the People’s Lawyers Office was given the necessary human and financial resources to operate effectively in all the islands. Ireland made recommendations. 74. Italy welcomed efforts deployed by Tuvalu to comply with international human rights standards and to implement CRC and CEDAW. Italy noted the internal debate on possible accession to other core international human rights instruments. It noted reports indicating that action deployed to protect women’s rights still had limited impact. Italy made recommendations. 75. Malaysia noted the progress made since the first UPR of Tuvalu, particularly on the inclusion of human rights standards in domestic legislation. It acknowledged that remaining challenges were hindering the full enjoyment of human rights and hoped that the international community would heed the country’s call for technical and financial assistance in fulfilling its human rights obligations. It welcomed ongoing efforts in gender mainstreaming and observed that progress had been made in youth development, inclusive education and persons with disabilities. Malaysia made recommendations. 76. The Head of the Delegation, in response to the question on repealing the new laws adopted to address the issues in relation to freedom of religion and its cultural practices, said that there were ongoing consultations between the islands. The approach of Tuvalu was to facilitate dialogue between religious organizations and the different islands. 77. With regard to the People’s Lawyers Office, it was noted that Tuvalu needed assistance in that area. Meetings had taken place to discuss having a pool of available lawyers but the People’s Lawyers Office currently had only one lawyer. 78. Lastly, concerning the call for Tuvalu to ratify the core human rights treaties, as had been stated previously, a legislative review was currently being carried out in order to give the Government and people of Tuvalu an understanding of the obligations before ratifying international conventions. 79. The Head of the Delegation took the opportunity to thank the Tuvaluan delegation for assisting in this presentation as well as all the countries for their comments and recommendations. 80. The recommendations received were most useful for Tuvalu and it was noted that some recommendations might be within the country’s capabilities, as it was already working on those with the assistance of foreigners’ donors, whereas others required more assistance from the international community. Tuvalu reiterated that it would continue to request assistance from the international community in its efforts to fulfil its international human rights obligations. 81. Tuvalu engaged to come back to the working group with a more formal commitment as to which recommendations and what plan would be the way forward for the country to continue in its efforts to address human rights. 12