A/HRC/25/8 125. On the issue of overcrowding in prisons, Mauritius provided information on the 10-year strategic plan that had been developed to address the issue with the assistance of a consultant from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 126. Mauritius provided additional information about the measures taken to combat violence against children and indicated that it had decided to include corporal punishment as an offence in the Children’s Bill in order to bring the laws more in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 127. Mauritius concluded by thanking all those who had participated in the discussions, and assured the Council that it would give serious consideration to all the comments and recommendations. It underlined the importance of respecting different cultural practices in Mauritius: as a multiracial, multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multicultural country, Mauritius cannot be insensitive to the needs and cultural rights of every Mauritian. It added that it would continue its policy of active cooperation with international organizations and their institutions in the field of human rights. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations** 128. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue listed below enjoy the support of Mauritius: 128.1. Take necessary steps to ratify or accede to other major international human rights instruments which are still outstanding (Lesotho); 128.2. Reconsider ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (ICRMW) (Indonesia); 128.3. Endeavour to accede to ICRMW (Nigeria); 128.4. Consider ratifying ICRMW (Philippines); 128.5. Consider adhering to ICRMW (Cabo Verde); 128.6. Consider ratifying ICRMW (Burkina Faso);1 128.7. Consider becoming a party to ICRMW (Chad);2 128.8. Consider ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Rwanda); 128.9. Consider the possibility of ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) (Tunisia); 128.10. Continue efforts to ratify CPED (Argentina); 128.11. Consider ratifying CPED (Burkina Faso);3 128.12. Consider ratifying the third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (OP-CRC-IC) (Montenegro);4 ** The conclusions and recommendations have not been edited. 1 2 3 4 The recommendation as read during the interactive dialogue: “Ratify ICRMW” (Burkina Faso). The recommendation as read during the interactive dialogue: “Become a party to ICRMW” (Chad). The recommendation as read during the interactive dialogue: “Ratify CPED” (Burkina Faso). The recommendation as read during the interactive dialogue: “Ratify the third Optional Protocol to 15