A/HRC/8/38 Page 16 83. Concerning the subject of justice, peace judges exist at municipal levels. The five justice centres are regional, which are part of a process of decentralization of the administration of justice. 84. In order to combat impunity, a project is in place to strengthen the legal system, as well as a commission for transparency against corruption. There are also cooperative agreements between the CICIG and the Ministry of the Interior and intensive work is underway to include a human rights component in the police training programme. 85. Addressing questions on the prevalence of weapons, the delegation cited legislation before Congress on the control of firearms. The number of weapons seized has increased over the years. 86. Concerning illiteracy and access to education of indigenous peoples, there is a programme of literacy at the national, municipal and community levels, for bilingual education and fellowships for children from rural areas. The Ministry of Education, in coordination with the Presidential Commission for Human Rights, is trying to make human rights education a mandatory subject. There also is a draft law aimed at guaranteeing better access for indigenous peoples and communities to the media, including community radios and television. A television channel on Mayan cultures is being introduced. 87. Regarding food security and malnutrition, Guatemala cited a law on food and nutritional security which provides for a National Food Security Council working in coordination with the central Government, the Procuraduria and civil society. It also recalled the existence of the InterInstitutional Commission on Social Cohesion, as mentioned earlier. 88. In conclusion, Guatemala reaffirmed its Government’s priority to make human rights a cross-cutting pillar in all its activities, its policy of an open invitation to all monitoring mechanisms in the area of human rights and the policy of full knowledge of the truth. Guatemala also reaffirmed the invitation to the OHCHR to extend the term of the Office in Guatemala for a further period, following the invaluable cooperation and contribution to the country. II. CONCLUSIONS AND/OR RECOMMENDATIONS 89. In the course of the discussion, the following recommendations were made to Guatemala: 1. Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Mexico, Portugal, Canada, the Netherlands, France, Italy), the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Mexico, France), the Convention on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (Mexico), and accept article 14 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Mexico, South Africa), as well as continue its efforts in respect of the Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture (Brazil). 2. Continue to provide support to national human rights institutions and create new ones, if the need arises (Algeria). 3. Full commitment of the national human rights commission to the improvement of indigenous rights (Switzerland). 4. Promote the approval of the national policy and action plan for human rights (Mexico). 5. Reflect the results of the evaluation exercise on the implementation of recommendations of the treaty bodies conducted jointly by the Government