A/HRC/10/82 Page 12 often are not held. Denmark asked what the Government intends to do to ensure that consultations take place. It asked what the Government intends to do to ensure that the continuing and widespread use of torture by security forces is effectively eradicated. It asked if the establishment of an independent national preventive human rights mechanism could play a pivotal role. Regarding increased judicial actions on human rights violations in relation to trade unionists, Denmark noted that, despite the efforts of the Government, information seems to show that killings of trade unionists have increased in recent years, and asked whether the Government plans to take further measures to prevent them. Denmark recommended that Colombia (a) step up efforts to protect its indigenous peoples and install an effective system of consultations with indigenous peoples; (b) increase efforts to fight torture; (c) ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and establish a national preventive mechanism; and (d) step up efforts to protect trade unionists. 36. Peru congratulated Colombia on its cooperation with special procedures, having extended them an open invitation and received visits by several mandate-holders. It acknowledged recent achievements, such as the freeing of hostages and the decisive fight against impunity, hoping these efforts will not only be maintained but strengthened in coming months so that Colombia may consolidate these successes in the short term. It requested information on recent efforts, including legislative measures, to implement a system of compensation and reparations for victims of violence. 37. Slovenia commended the State’s ratification of the most important human rights instruments and for having adopted laws to implement its international obligations, but expressed concern at the gap between legislation and its implementation. Following the concern expressed by the Human Rights Committee in 2004 that Colombia does not allow conscientious objection to military service, Slovenia recommended that Colombia (a) recognize this right in law and practice and ensure that recruitment methods allow it. The State should guarantee that conscientious objectors are able to opt for alternative service, the duration of which would not have punitive effects. It expressed concern about the recruitment of children, with the forced recruitment of minors by the guerrilla and the paramilitaries estimated at 14,000 minors, citing the worrying situation in Medellin. It asked the delegation for an update on a request for transitional measures made in 2005 to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. It expressed concern that the demobilization process of the paramilitaries had reportedly failed to hand over a large number of children for their reintegration into society, and recommended that the Government (b) address the issue of unaccounted for children and guarantee free primary education as a preventive measure against such recruitments. Concerned also about the alleged use of children by State security forces in military intelligence activities and through programmes such as “Soldiers for a day”, it recommended (c) its cessation, in compliance with a recommendation by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in 2006. It expressed concern at the extent of impunity, particularly for those responsible for child recruitment. It hoped to see the new draft legislation on reparations for victims of the armed conflict as fully comprehensive and non-discriminatory between victims of State agents and non-State actors, in line with the United Nations Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation and the recommendations made by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Colombia. It congratulated Colombia on having being reviewed on the historic day of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 38. Germany asked about plans to ensure the prohibition of extrajudicial killings and executions is enforced at the operational level. It also asked about specific measures to prevent public forces from using sexual violence in the context of armed conflicts. Germany asked about