A/HRC/37/7 133. Bahrain commended Ghana for its efforts, but raised concern about the high rate of child marriage in the country. 134. Belgium noted with satisfaction the efforts to implement the recommendations made during the previous review and encouraged Ghana to continue improving the situation of women and children. 135. Benin welcomed the ratification of the Optional Protocols to the Convention against Torture and to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and the International Labour Organization (ILO) Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), and initiatives to ensure gender equality and education for children and to put a stop to enforced and child marriage. 136. Botswana welcomed the projects to end child marriage and child trafficking. It raised concern about the practice of shackling mental health patients and the rise of vigilantism in politics. 137. Brazil commended Ghana for its efforts to combat torture and prison overcrowding and to ensure universal education. It welcomed the Heart to Heart campaign and the Justice for All Programme. 138. Bulgaria encouraged Ghana to take further legislative and policy measures to achieve gender equality, such as adopting the Affirmative Action Bill and implementing the gender policy. 139. Burkina Faso urged Ghana to intensify efforts to ensure women’s rights, notably their rights to inheritance and to participate in public life, and to combat gender violence and harmful practices. 140. Burundi praised Ghana for its efforts in the human rights area and encouraged it to improve conditions in detention and police custody by establishing a national mechanism to prevent torture. 141. Cabo Verde noted with satisfaction that Ghana had ratified a number of international legal instruments and encouraged it to effectively abolish the death penalty. 142. Canada welcomed the commitments to ensuring gender equality and addressing child labour. It encouraged Ghana to implement the National Plan of Action for the Elimination of Child Labour. 143. Pakistan commended Ghana for its discrimination reporting system and Justice for All Programme. It urged the international community to support Ghana in its efforts. 144. The delegation of Ghana replied to a question from Montenegro on affordable education for adolescents and girls and prevention of early marriage and a question from Kenya on pregnant girls’ school attendance. 145. The delegation of Ghana thanked the other delegations for their constructive engagement and messages of solidarity, especially the unanimous recognition of the progress that Ghana had made and continued to make in upholding human rights. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 146. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue/ listed below have been examined by Ghana and enjoy the support of Ghana: 146.1 Ratify the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Egypt); 146.2 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure (Georgia); 146.3 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (Honduras) (Islamic Republic of Iran) (Spain) (Montenegro) (Uruguay); 11