A/HRC/8/34 Page 9 nominated quickly. Finally, Mexico recommended that Argentina consider, when appropriate, integrating the results of UPR into the national plan of action on human rights. 30. China said that Argentina has adopted effective measures in combating discrimination, xenophobia and racism, and appreciated the human rights-based approach to refugees and migrants and positive measures adopted for eliminating discrimination towards them and assisting them to better integrate. China also indicated that mainstreaming human rights by Argentina has been exemplary in empowering women. China requested Argentina to elaborate on specific measures adopted to safeguard the rights of indigenous women and women living under the poverty line. 31. Ecuador highlighted the machinery for developing the national report, and stated that it is a transparent integral programme for respecting and guaranteeing human rights. It also appreciated the machinery created for claims for justice in Argentina and wished to obtain more information on the measures adopted for the protection of witnesses and human rights defenders. 32. The Netherlands asked how the Government can ensure that the judicial system will be able to handle legal proceedings resulting from recent developments in an appropriate manner. Finally, the Netherlands stated that it heard from Argentina regarding problems in introducing a national mechanism for the Optional Protocol to CAT and recommended that Argentina implement such a mechanism as soon as possible. 33. Peru noted that Argentina was the first country in the Americas to ratify the Optional Protocol to CAT. Peru formulated three questions and a recommendation: (a) since Argentina is a federal State, how can it guarantee due application of human rights standards in the provinces? (b) given considerable efforts to improve detention conditions in penitentiaries and police establishments, is there a national register of detained persons? If not, Peru recommended that Argentina consider the establishment of such a register; and finally (c) do the Argentine security forces receive human rights training? 34. France noted that it worked closely with Argentina in adopting and promoting the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the countries will continue to do so together. France welcomed historical progress achieved since 2003 in combating impunity. However, France pointed out that there is a backlog and asked whether Argentina has provided additional resources to help the work of justice and speed up the holding of cases. France also addressed the rights of immigrant populations, which is large, particularly from neighbouring countries. Legislation in access to health or education is very generous. However, undeclared jobs and sweatshops are prevalent, particularly in the capital. France recognized that Argentina is conscious of this and asked whether measures are intended to be taken to protect the working conditions of these people. 35. In responding to questions on the right to truth, Argentina noted that it had a friendly solution between Argentina and the plaintiffs on a case in the 1990s brought before the Inter-American Human Rights Commission. This case was very important because the friendly solution ended up in the holding of trials, through which the magistrates could find the truth about what had happened to persons that had been forcefully disappeared. On the migration programmes, Argentina indicated that the programme “Patria Grande” was possible because of two main issues, on one side the simplification of the proceedings that allowed the regularization in a minimum period of a considerable number of immigrants and on the other hand, the training of the staff receiving them, in particular in the boarder areas. Argentina has adopted a law on political asylum inspired by