A/HRC/11/26* stronger independence. In addition, the Police Act and the Prison Act have all gone through the second reading and will be very soon pass into law. 99. The delegation pointed out that the judiciary is independent and does not refer to the executive or the legislative but ensure the rule of law and the implementation of human rights. 100. On same sex marriage, the delegation stated that the National Assembly has not passed a law related to this issue. 101. The delegation stated that MDGs have been endorsed at the highest level and are key component of efforts undertaken to promote development and ensure economic and social rights. The government channelled the funds from the debt relief by the Paris Club of debtors, in 2005, into concerted efforts for achieving the MDGs, such as maternal mortality, education, child rights. And the most funds go to the sectors with the worst indicators. Over the past three years, over 4 billions dollars were invested. 102. Regarding children stigmatized as witches, the delegation informed that the issue is over as the main offender, a pastor, was arrested and is now detained. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 103. In the course of the discussion, the following recommendations were made to Nigeria: 18 1. Fast-track the process of accession to human rights instruments to which it is not party yet, wherever possible (Mauritius); Take all appropriate measures to ratify OP-CAT and establish a national preventive mechanism to align itself with its neighbours’ positive practices (Benin); Ratify the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child within the context of the Human Rights Council resolution 9/12, entitled “Human Rights Goals” (Brazil); Consider the possibility of adhering to the Second Optional Protocol of the ICCPR, abolishing the death penalty (Argentina); Consider, as a party to the ICESCR, making the legal adaptations required to ensuring that economic, social and cultural rights are considered as individual and enforceable rights, with the same status as all other human rights, and not mere State goals or aspirations (Portugal); 2. Accelerate the process of passing into law the various rights-based bills before the National Assembly in order to provide broader scope of protection for vulnerable members of society, especially women, children and the disabled (Ghana); Pass the bill for the early domestication of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Norway; Republic of Korea), without further delay (Norway); Intensify its efforts to domesticate the international norms aimed at eliminating gender based discrimination (Niger); Further pursue that its existing legislation at federal, state and local levels fully complies with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (The Netherlands); Pursue its efforts in order to incorporate the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in its national law (Algeria; Brazil); The National Action Plan include concrete and time-bound steps to accelerate the process of full domestication of all international human rights treaties to which Nigeria GE.09-16312