A/HRC/43/2 2. Views expressed by Member and observer States of the Council on the outcome of the review 685. During the adoption of the outcome of the review of Kazakhstan, 13 delegations made statements.** 686. Sri Lanka commended Kazakhstan for accepting 214 of the 245 recommendations. It also welcomed the legislative amendments adopted in November 2019 aimed at improving access to birth registration procedures and seeking to ensure that every child is registered at birth. Sri Lanka hoped that the enactment of the draft law on family and gender policy issues will strengthen protection for women against all forms of discrimination. 687. UN Women commended the efforts made by Kazakhstan to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment and for its leadership role in Central Asia. As a leader, it urged Kazakhstan to criminalize all forms of violence against women, ratify the Istanbul Convention, adopt legislation to combat sexual harassment in the workplace and ensure that the definition of rape in the Criminal Code is in accordance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. With regard to women’s economic empowerment, it urged the Government to eliminate the list of jobs in which female employment is prohibited and to provide social protection benefits for women involved in unpaid care work. It also urged Kazakhstan to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and expand access to sexual and reproductive health services for women with disabilities and HIV/AIDS. It encouraged Kazakhstan to strengthen the legal protection of LGBTQI people and build a dialogue with the LGBTQI community in the country. 688. UNICEF commended Kazakhstan to accepting many child rights recommendations, and in particular, the commitment to address all forms of violence against children and to explicitly prohibit corporal punishment of children. It also commended Kazakhstan to have accepted to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure. It regretted that Kazakhstan only noted the recommendation to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrants Workers and Members of Their Families that would have granted protection to migrant children against violence, exploitation, abuse and trafficking. 689. UNFPA commended Kazakhstan for the progress made in advancing gender equality, for its decision to ratify the Istanbul Convention and for prioritizing prevention against domestic violence. It hoped the multi-sectorial response to gender based violence could be expanded to additional regions of the country. It also acknowledged the efforts made by the Government to ensure protection and better integration and equality of opportunities for persons with disabilities. It encouraged Kazakhstan to pay particular attention to violence against women and girls with disabilities and to ensure that the sexual and reproductive health and rights are protected in law and in practice, based on the principle of leaving no one behind and the principle of “listening state” proclaimed by the President of Kazakhstan. It encouraged the involvement of persons with disabilities in the development of the programmes affecting them. 690. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela acknowledged the efforts of Kazakhstan to deliver on its human rights commitments. It highlighted that Kazakhstan guarantees a free and compulsory secondary education, under the principle of everyone's right to a quality education. It was pleased with the measures to help citizens to find jobs, such as employment ** The statements of the delegations that were unable to deliver them owing to time constraints which were made available are posted on the extranet of the Human Rights Council, at https://extranet.ohchr.org/sites/hrc/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/43session/Pages/default.aspx GE. 107