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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);
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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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