A/HRC/8/34 Page 7 enhance its contribution to the dialogue in the context of preparing the review of the Durban Conference and the Working Group on the effective implementation of Durban I, as well as the ad hoc Committee on supplementary norms. Algeria congratulated the ratification of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICRMW) by Argentina in 2007 and recommended that it continue its efforts together with other signatories, including Algeria, in order to achieve better accession to the ICRMW. 22. Austria requested further information on the implementation of the 2007 decree establishing the “Programa Verdad y Justicia” and recommended that any obstacles be removed in order to ensure the security of victims and witnesses in human rights trials throughout the country. Austria mentioned the reference made in the national report to the “Ley de Protección Integral de las niñas, niños y adolescentes” adopted in 2005 and the firm commitment of national courts to providing special protection for the child’s best interest in accordance with the CRC. In this regard, Austria asked for further information on the measures taken for the protection of children from all forms of physical or mental violence as provided for in the CRC and recommended that corporal punishment in the family and schools be explicitly prohibited by law. 23. With respect to the implementation of the Programme of Truth and Justice, Slovenia recommended improving the needed protection of victims and witnesses as well as human rights defenders. With respect to the penitentiary system in the country, Slovenia noted in particular the large number of protracted detention cases and the overcrowding of the prisons, as well as factual inexistence of distinction between children detained for protection or assistance and those detained for being in conflict with the law. Slovenia recommended to address the issue of unduly protracted detentions urgently and also to promote the use of alternative measures to provisional detention, in particular for pregnant women or those with young children. Slovenia recommended adapting Argentina’s penal system to be compliant with the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (“The Beijing Rules”) and the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines), and noted that it would appreciate learning about Argentina’s plans in that respect. Slovenia also noted that five persons who were under 18 at the time they committed the offences are still serving life imprisonment and asked what action will Argentina take in relation to them. Slovenia recommended that Argentina prohibit all forms of life imprisonment for offences committed by persons under the age of 18, in line with article 37 (a) of CRC. Finally, Slovenia recommended that Argentina include a gender perspective into the follow-up process to this UPR review in a systematic and continuous way. 24. Azerbaijan noted that the new National Migration Act (2004) deserves all attention due to the paradigm whereby the protection of human rights prevails over the security and border control considerations. Azerbaijan asked what measures are being taken by Argentina to address the concern expressed by CERD about incidents of incitement to racial hatred and racist propaganda in the media, including on the Internet, while duly respecting the right to freedom of expression. Azerbaijan noted that the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture expressed concern about poor prison conditions. It further noted that the Committee against Torture, the Human Rights Committee and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention have also raised concerns about the lack of hygiene, adequate food and appropriate medical care in the prisons. In this regard, Azerbaijan asked what policy measures are being taken by Argentina to address these complex issues. 25. Germany referred to the national report mentioning the difficult conditions that still prevail in police stations - overcrowding, lack of hygiene, and lack of medical care as well as violence. In this regard, Germany asked whether Argentina could elaborate on measures taken to address and redress