A/HRC/8/31 Page 9 38. The State Secretary for Justice stated that the Optional Protocol to CRC on the involvement of children in armed conflict is currently being reviewed by Parliament with a view to ratification and the Optional Protocol to CAT will be submitted to Parliament in the course of 2008. On the issue of the status of human rights in the overseas territories, she indicated that the overseas territories are independently responsible for their own reports to treaty bodies but experience challenges in this respect. The Netherlands Antilles adopted a policy on human rights to improve its compliance with and reporting on human rights treaties. The Netherlands accepted the offer from the United Kingdom to share its experience in this regard. 39. Regarding the opinion poll mentioned by Egypt and the question on the death penalty, the State Secretary for Justice noted that the Government is not run by opinion polls, even if it may be interesting to look at them. It also indicated that this poll does not represent the majority of Dutch society nor Parliament - Government is run by elected political representatives. It stated its firm opposition to the death penalty, and that its respect for human rights is basic in this position. 40. The Islamic Republic of Iran shared concerns expressed by treaty bodies and special procedures on a series of human rights violations, including increasing instances of Islamophobia and occurrences of racist and xenophobic incidents, as well as various manifestations of discriminatory attitudes towards ethnic and religious minorities and - most recently - a defamatory film against the Koran as an example of incitement to religious and racial hatred. It also expressed concern, inter alia, about discrimination in society and violence against immigrants, minority women, persistence of violence against women, the high incidents of child abuse, the high number of women and girls who are victims of trafficking, and the low presence of women in public and private sectors. Iran also expressed concern about the lack of legal access of persons in police detention during the initial period of interrogation, the excessive length of pretrial detention, and the high number of non-convicted detainees in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Iran asked about concrete measures taken by the Government to tackle the incitement to racial and religious hatred. Iran recommended that the Netherlands strengthen its rules and regulations in this respect, particularly with regard to defamation of religions and Islamophobia. Iran was also concerned about the persistence of domestic violence and recommended to the Netherlands to promote and strengthen the foundation of the family and its values among the society. 41. With reference to the national report noting that people of Dutch origin and migrants still live in separate worlds, Turkey wanted to hear the views of the Government on measures which may be taken to address the issue of de facto school segregation as reported also by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child. Turkey also asked for further information about measures taken in relation to discrimination in the labour market. Finally, Turkey encouraged the Government to take a leading role in setting the tone of the current national debate on integration issues. Integration should be regarded as a two-way process and the voices of migrants and other groups should also be heard. 42. Pakistan indicated that the national report notes that there may be cases where individual freedoms and self-actualization seem to lead to a failure to acknowledge the rights of others - hence restrictions ought to be imposed on individual freedom if it infringes other citizens’ well-being or freedom of choice. Despite an array of laws and a framework to combat racism and xenophobia, Pakistan noted recent actions to incite racial hatred and religious intolerance that have shocked Muslims around the world. It noted that a defamatory documentary released by a Dutch parliamentarian, intended to demonize Muslims and distort the message of the Koran, has been widely and strongly condemned. While stating that the documentary violates articles 19 and 20 of ICCPR and article 4 of ICERD, Pakistan commended the Netherlands on steps taken by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands and his Government to stop the release of the documentary. It invited