A/HRC/36/5 118. Ireland was still concerned that the death penalty remained lawful and urged the State to withdraw its declaration on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. 119. Sri Lanka commended the State’s remarkable efforts to implement legislative and institutional change, including the adoption of a new Constitution in 2014. 120. The State of Palestine noted the State’s efforts to further women’s rights through programmes and legislation and commended its efforts to provide health services. 121. The Central African Republic encouraged Tunisia to continue its cooperation with international human rights mechanisms, as illustrated by the standing invitation it had issued to special procedure mandate holders. 122. Concerning discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, Tunisia stated that all forms of discrimination, hatred and incitement to hatred were anti-Constitutional. Persons of all sexual orientations enjoyed the full spectrum of rights, including access to education. All aggression against any citizen based on his or her sexual orientation was criminalized and the perpetrators prosecuted. The President had called for a new law concerning individual rights; discussions of that law would provide an opportunity to open a dialogue on article 230 of the Criminal Code. Medical examinations were contingent on the consent of the person concerned and must be conducted in the presence of a medical expert. 123. In response to the comments made by Switzerland on the measures taken by Tunisia to prevent irregularities in migration, an agreement had been signed with the International Organization for Migration regarding migrants who wished to return voluntarily to their country of origin. Under the terms of that agreement, the International Organization for Migration sent to the Tunisian authorities a list of migrants wishing to return voluntarily to their countries of origin and, in turn, the Tunisian authorities granted those migrants exemption from the payment of penalties so that they could return to their country. Furthermore, Tunisia was developing a national strategy on migration through an open and consultative process, which would subsequently be extended to bilateral and multilateral partners. 124. The 2014 Constitution stated that all people were equal before the law and enshrined rights and fundamental freedoms, in line with the State’s obligations and international human rights standards. Some of the articles of the Constitution, drafted by the former regime, were being updated in order to bring them into line with international obligations and standards and the recommendations of the special procedure mandate holders. Tunisia was also trying to foster the independence of the judiciary and to enable the Constitutional Court to repeal or amend certain articles that were contrary to international standards. However, those efforts could not succeed without a dialogue with all stakeholders. Tunisia thanked all the delegations for their recommendations, which it would seek to take into account. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 125. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue/listed below have been examined by Tunisia and enjoy the support of Tunisia: 125.1 Ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol) (Peru); 1 125.2 Consider ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure (Georgia); 1 10 The recommendation, as read out, was: “Consider withdrawing the general declaration to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol” (Peru).