A/HRC/37/7 77. Kenya asked how Ghana was ensuring that pregnant girls could attend school. It commended the efforts to implement the recommendations from previous reviews and encouraged Ghana to maintain that approach. 78. Latvia noted that, while Ghana had improved its cooperation with the special procedures of the Council, a significant number of requests by special procedure mandate holders had not yet been accepted. 79. Lebanon appreciated the continued efforts to promote health care, provide free education and fight discrimination through ad hoc programmes. 80. Libya welcomed the efforts to improve health care, particularly its adoption of a mental health law that aimed to improve living conditions and treatment for persons in psychiatric institutions. 81. Liechtenstein welcomed the commitment to international criminal justice through ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. It noted efforts to address child labour and abolish the death penalty. 82. Madagascar commended Ghana for implementing a notification system to deal with stigmatization and discrimination and the Child Protection Compact. 83. Malaysia was pleased that Ghana was enhancing the role of women and deploying efforts to promote gender mainstreaming and equality. It welcomed efforts to improve access to education and combat poverty. 84. Maldives welcomed the ratification of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and to the Convention against Torture. It commended efforts to end child marriage and to provide free high school education and compulsory universal basic education. 85. Mali welcomed the fact that Ghana had signed the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption and ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture. It also welcomed the progress made on abolishing the death penalty. 86. Mauritania noted that the number of pretrial detainees had fallen, that communitybased health services had been set up in remote areas and that a secondary education programme had been implemented. 87. Mexico commended Ghana for ratifying 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. 88. Mauritius congratulated Ghana for its democratic elections in December 2016. It encouraged it to pursue its comprehensive social policies targeting vulnerable groups. 89. Mongolia welcomed the decision to abolish the death penalty. It noted efforts to strengthen the right to education, promote gender equality and eliminate discrimination against women. 90. Montenegro noted the high rates of violence, abuse and child exploitation and marriage in Ghana. It asked the Ghanaian delegation to elaborate on measures to ensure affordable education for adolescent girls. 91. Morocco commended Ghana for developing national action plans on human rights, to eliminate human trafficking and to combat forced marriage. 92. Myanmar was encouraged by the measures taken to improve the human rights of prisoners, address gender-based violence and end child marriage. 93. Namibia welcomed the work of the Constitutional Review Implementation Committee. It noted the human rights initiatives that had been completed and those that were under implementation. 94. The Netherlands welcomed the democratic credentials of Ghana, its attachment to the rule of law and its promotion of those universal values internationally. It commended it for its stand against corruption. 8