A/HRC/14/10 whether human rights education had been integrated into the education system. It made recommendations. 91. Armenia highlighted legislative reforms, as well as measures aimed at the reform of the justice system. Armenia welcomed the cooperation with civil society and international organizations with a view to establishing, within 12 months after acceding to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, a national preventive mechanism aimed at the monitoring of places of detention. Armenia made recommendations. 92. The delegation noted that the Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence had been adopted in 2009. Kazakhstan planned to develop mechanisms for its implementation in consultation with non-governmental organizations. Special divisions within the Ministry for the Interior had been established to address domestic violence. There were 20 centres administered by non-governmental organizations to provide assistance to victims of domestic violence. 93. The delegation highlighted the fact that the Government programme aimed at combating human trafficking had been implemented since 2003. There was an inter-agency commission and a special division within the Ministry for the Interior to combat human trafficking. Criminal punishment had been introduced for the trafficking in persons, including children. A training centre had been established at the Police Academy to train police on that issue. As a result, the number of registered cases involving human trafficking had decreased in 2009. 94. Kazakhstan was carrying out a phased policy regarding the abolition of the death penalty. In 2003, an indefinite moratorium on the death penalty had been declared, and in 2007 the number of the categories of crimes for which it could be imposed were reduced. In addition, the amended Constitution stipulated that the death penalty was an extraordinary measure of punishment for acts of terrorism entailing the loss of life, in particular grave crimes committed during time of war. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 95. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue and listed below enjoy the support of Kazakhstan: 1. To accomplish human rights voluntary goals as established by Human Rights Council resolution 9/12, including the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto (Brazil); 2. To sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Spain); 3. To consider ratifying (Slovenia)/ratify (Republic of Korea) the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; 4. To consider ratifying the Convention on the Rights of persons with disabilities, to which Kazakhstan is already a signatory, although the ongoing work being done in the country to protect the rights of persons with disabilities are noted (Thailand); 5. To establish an effective and inclusive process that includes independent non-governmental organizations, not funded by Governments, to follow up on the recommendations resulting from the present review (Norway); 14

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