A/HRC/12/6 page 16 Traffic and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others. Angola recommended that the Congo (b) reinforce national legislation prohibiting trafficking in persons, in particular children. As the rights of indigenous peoples continue to be a challenge, Angola recommended to (c) streamline and fine-tune policies to improve indigenous people’s rights. 73. Belgium considered major challenges in the field of human rights remain in respect to justice, prison system and violence against women. It stressed specifically that the current situation of the National Human Rights Institution which is no longer accredited to the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. In past, the Committee on the Rights of the Child had already expressed concern about the mandate and source of financing of this institution. Belgium recommended that the Congo (a) do everything to fulfil its obligations in the field of human rights and step up its efforts with respect to the rights of persons from vulnerable groups, including persons in detentions, women and children. Belgium also recommended that the Congo (b) ensure that the national human rights institution complies with the Paris Principles and that the institution seek accreditation from the International Coordination Committee. 74. In answer to other questions asked, the Congolese delegation stated that public freedoms, including freedom of association, freedom of assembly and freedom of the press, were protected by law. There were no prisoners of conscience in the Congo. 75. However, as in all democracies, enjoyment of the right to freedom of assembly was subject to certain conditions laid down by law. 76. With regard to extending a standing invitation to Human Rights Council special rapporteurs, the Congolese delegation reiterated its commitment to cooperating with United Nations bodies. An invitation had been issued to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people who, because of scheduling problems, had been unable to visit the Congo in 2008. The visit would take place in 2010. 77. With regard to decriminalization of the offence of homosexuality, the Congolese delegation considered the issue to be a cultural one, persistent prejudice being such that the status quo remained unchanged. 78. The Congolese delegation thanked all the delegations that had taken the floor and undertook to consider in depth the recommendations that had been made with the aim of improving the human rights situation in the Congo. II. CONCLUSIONS AND/OR RECOMMENDATIONS 79. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue have been examined by Congo and the recommendations listed below enjoy the support of Congo: 1. Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Right of the Child on the involvement of children in Armed Conflict (CRC-OP-AC) (France, Gabon); ratify both Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) (CRC-OP-AC and the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, CRC-OP-SC) (Argentina, Slovenia);