A/HRC/27/6 65. The Philippines applauded the steps taken to implement recommendations accepted during the first UPR cycle. The international community should support reconciliation and human rights protection efforts. It noted the prioritization given to consolidating peace, combating violence against women and improving women’s living conditions. 66. The Republic of Korea noted the Government’s efforts to overcome challenges and improve human rights by establishing the National Human Rights Commission and the Commission on Dialogue, Truth and Reconciliation. It commended the ratification of the Rome Statute and the signature of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 67. The Russian Federation welcomed the developments in the human rights situation since the first UPR cycle, including the ratification of OP-CEDAW and CRPD. It noted that legislation did not prohibit discrimination against women, and also noted continued occurrences of FGM and forced early marriage. 68. After the initial presentation, 47 States parties made comments in relation to the supporting documents for the review of Côte d’Ivoire. After those statements, most of which concerned the recommendations by the States parties, the head of the delegation welcomed the relevant and very useful contributions by the States parties aimed at strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire. He also responded to two of the questions raised. 69. In response to the question of Montenegro with regard to the level of cooperation between Côte d’Ivoire and the International Criminal Court since the ratification of the Rome Statute, he said that there was good cooperation. A cooperation agreement had been in place since before the ratification, and Côte d’Ivoire was prepared to cooperate with the Court. 70. With regard to combating impunity, he said that Côte d’Ivoire was working towards achieving zero impunity. The Ivorian Government was aware that impunity was at the root of serious abuses and violations in the aftermath of the 2010 post-election crisis. The perpetrators of acts liable to criminal prosecution would be brought to justice. 71. With regard to the measures taken in relation to polygamy and early marriage, he said that Côte d’Ivoire had a system of monogamy and that polygamy was considered an offence. The legal age for marriage was set in legislation, and any derogation from that was punishable by law. 72. In response to the statement by Luxembourg concerning the trivialization of violence and the culture of impunity, he said that sexual violence could not be trivialized in Côte d’Ivoire. No country could experience peace if it did not punish such behaviour. Côte d’Ivoire strove to combat all forms of violation and impunity. All acts brought to the attention of the authorities were prosecuted. 73. In response to the questions submitted in advance, particularly those concerning the submission of reports to the treaty bodies, he emphasized that, since the end of the postelection crisis, Côte d’Ivoire had undertaken to prepare its reports to the human rights treaty bodies within the requested deadlines. Operational departments in the various ministries had been entrusted with the task. 74. However, the Government was in the process of reactivating the decree on the establishment of a committee to monitor implementation of international human rights instruments. That committee would, among other tasks, prepare the summary and periodic reports of Côte d’Ivoire to the relevant bodies of the United Nations and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. GE.14-07583 9