A/HRC/29/41 that Eritrea will announce that it has attended to these two outstanding steps to reinforce its commitment to eradicate torture when submitting its initial report to the Committee against Torture, due on 25 October 2015. Eritrea should also accede to the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance, as well as all other remaining human rights treaties.41 69. Another action point falling under the first priority area concerns putting an immediate end to the indefinite national service. The Special Rapporteur dealt with this matter in her previous report (A/HRC/26/45), informing the Human Rights Council that the unlimited national service in effect amounted to forced labour. While she has taken note of informal announcements that the twenty-eighth round of national service would last for 18 months, she obtained information that this notice has reportedly not been communicated to the recruits or to their parents. It would appear that the conscripts, their families and the world at large will have to wait 18 months before getting any confirmation as to whether the Government will comply with the 18-month duration of the national service. 70. In the light of the present report and the report of the commission of inquiry (A/HRC/29/42), the Special Rapporteur would suggest the following follow-up action points: (a) Determine new priority areas and action points, and review outstanding ones to ensure that they respond to the situation on the ground, incorporating elements such as the exodus of people, including unaccompanied children; (b) Ensure that the mandate is maintained and remains a safe space where information on human rights situation in Eritrea can be channelled; (c) Follow up on any recommendations deemed appropriate by the commission of inquiry on human rights in Eritrea. VII. Conclusions and recommendations A. Conclusions 71. The Special Rapporteur was encouraged by the signs, although still few, that Eritrea is increasing its engagement with the international community, and welcomed such an outward-looking step as an unequivocal measure by the State to abide fully by its human rights obligations. 72. However, she would like to remind Eritrea and the international community that trading human rights for short-term political or economic gains would undermine the long-term enjoyment of all human rights by all in Eritrea. Overtures to 41 18 As at 26 May 2015, pending ratifications include the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol.