A/HRC/34/11 87. Great strides had been made in the registration of births since 2011. The Code of Civil Registration defined the legal arrangements for registration and authorized village chiefs and parishes to notify birth registration offices of births in their districts. 88. Timor-Leste remained willing to cooperate with the Human Rights Council and to receive reports on its compliance with human rights instruments. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations** 89. The following recommendations will be examined by Timor-Leste, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the thirty-fourth session of the Human Rights Council. 89.1 Continue the ratification process of the main international human rights instruments (Italy); 89.2 Proceed with the early ratification of the remaining important international human rights treaties, in particular the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Japan); 89.3 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Portugal); Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and accept its procedures on investigation and communications between States (Uruguay); 89.4 Ratify the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Portugal); 89.5 Implement the recommendations made in 2015 by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Switzerland); 89.6 Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Senegal); 89.7 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Cabo Verde) (Costa Rica) (Denmark) (Guatemala) (Montenegro) (Portugal) (Ukraine); 89.8 Consider ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which will help to enhance the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms in all aspects of life (Panama); 89.9 Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Angola) (Cabo Verde) (Costa Rica) (Iraq) (Uruguay); 89.10 Strengthen its legal framework by acceding to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and by ensuring that ** The conclusions and recommendations have not been edited. 12

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