A/HRC/15/8 Kenya for the efforts to ensure the best attainable standards of health and for its rating as the most child-friendly African Government in 2008. Angola made a recommendation. 85. Saudi Arabia noted that Kenya was party to the main human rights instruments and had set up mechanisms for implementing human rights standards and compensating victims of human rights violations. Despite challenges, Kenya had been able to make large strides in promoting the right to education and health. A National Policy and Human Rights Action Plan was being drawn up. It made a recommendation. 86. The Holy See, acknowledging the de facto moratorium on the death penalty since 1987, noted its continued imposition for crimes other than the most serious ones set out in ICCPR and encouraged Kenya to include in the new constitution the right to life from conception to natural death. The high maternal mortality rate was noted. It made recommendations. 87. The Republic of Korea noted with appreciation Kenya’s efforts to promote civil and political rights through a witness protection programme and prison reforms and to promote economic, social and cultural rights through anti-poverty programmes. The Republic of Korea welcomed the implementation of universal free primary education. It stressed the need for a new constitutional order and the importance of the successful pursuit of Vision 2030. It made recommendations. 88. Norway emphasized the State’s primary responsibility for human rights protection regardless of the challenges faced, noting its contribution to stability and State legitimacy. It expressed concern at the curtailment of the freedoms of expression and assembly and stressed the importance of addressing the culture of impunity, including for reconciliation, and of supporting the International Criminal Court process. Constitutional progress was acknowledged. Norway made recommendations. 89. The Sudan appreciated Kenya’s role in restoring peace in the south of the Sudan. It mentioned the legal reform programme, including with regard to the Constitution, the judiciary and human rights. The Sudan commended the establishment of the truth, justice and reconciliation commission and the adoption of plans and laws to eradicate corruption and ensure administrative reform. It referred to transitional justice and national reconciliation principles as important means to resolve disputes and provide compensation. The Sudan made recommendations. 90. Senegal noted Kenya’s commitment to human rights protection and the universal periodic review mechanism, which had been reflected in particular by the adoption of a number of measures for the protection of civil, political, social and economic rights. Senegal made recommendations. 91. Chad noted that the post-election violence had created awareness of the negative role of ethnicity, the need for reforms related to the Constitution, the judiciary and the police, and the need to combat impunity and political violence. Measures in the area of education, health and poverty reduction, in the light of an arid territory and resource constraints, were also acknowledged. It made a recommendation. 92. Kuwait stressed that the Government had made intense efforts to promote equality and alleviate poverty by focusing on universal primary education, improving access to health-care services and expanding production capacities in terms of agriculture and the development of arid areas. Kuwait made recommendations. 93. Nigeria commended Kenya for having engaged in broad consultation in the process of preparing its national report and for its development agenda, aimed at becoming a middle-income country. It was encouraged by the country’s incorporation of a substantial number of ratified international human rights instruments into its domestic legislation. 12