A/HRC/32/4 129. Nigeria commended Namibia for introducing poverty reduction programmes, adopting legislation to increase employment, bringing about prison reforms, regulating the wages of domestic workers, and replacing the High Court rules on immovable property. 130. Oman made recommendations. 131. Pakistan stated that the National Human Rights Action Plan 2015-2019, training for police officials, the Electoral Act of 2014, the Employment Service Act of 2011 and the National Gender Policy would further contribute to the protection and promotion of human rights. 132. South Africa was encouraged by the efforts that Namibia had made to provide legal protection for women through its Constitution and legislation, its strides in good governance and its impressive results in regard to primary school enrolment rates. 133. Tunisia noted progress that had been made since the first universal periodic review cycle, particularly the adoption of national plans for children and for gender equality, and the creation of Ombudsman’s offices to deal with issues related to the media and to children. 134. Brazil noted, as a good precedent for the follow-up to the recommendations, the elaboration of the national report by an interministerial committee, in dialogue with civil society. It suggested the integration of recommendations into domestic laws and policies. 135. The delegation of Namibia stated that Namibia had no national legislation directly related to indigenous peoples and that the term “marginalized people” was used. One of resolutions of the National Land Conference of 1991 had been that the land rights of disadvantaged communities should receive special protection, with the San and other marginalized communities receiving specific mention. The National Resettlement Policy of 2001 identified the San as a specific target group for resettlement, which was given conditional rights in terms of hunting concessions. 136. The delegation of Namibia thanked all the other delegations for their participation in the review. Their valuable input, comments and recommendations served as guidance for bettering the lives of the people of Namibia. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 137. The following recommendations will be examined by Namibia, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the thirty-second session of the Human Rights Council, in June 2016: 137.1 Consider ratifying the outstanding international human rights instruments and further update their national laws to be in line with those treaties (Lesotho); 137.2 Accelerate the process for the ratification of international human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party (Benin);1 137.3 Consider ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Philippines); ** 1 14 The conclusions and recommendations have not been edited. The recommendation made during the interactive dialogue was “Accelerate the process for the ratification of international human rights instruments to which it is a party (Benin)”.

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