A/HRC/8/41 Page 13 47. Thailand welcomed Switzerland’s unwavering commitment to signing the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Thailand encouraged Switzerland to redouble its efforts to combat racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia by adopting comprehensive national legislation, as well distributing information and promoting education for the public. 48. Bosnia and Herzegovina noted that in 2003, CEDAW commended Switzerland systematically integrating a gender dimension into the various aspects of its development cooperation programmes. However, noting that CEDAW remained concerned that women are still disadvantaged in many areas, especially in the labour market it asked what steps have been taken so far in developing a job evaluation system based on gender sensitive criteria. 49. Haiti encouraged the Swiss authorities to implement all normative and institutional measures to combat persisting racist and discriminatory practices in all their manifestations. It enquired about the measures Switzerland can take regarding violence by police, especially against migrants during expulsion procedures. Haiti also requested information about the high number of weapons owned by Swiss families. 50. Chile referred to the Swiss national report which states that since the 1996 equality law entered into force, the situation of women in labour matters has improved as well as the economic situation of divorced women. However, much still needs to be done to reach de facto equality. Chile would like to about follow-up to the measures contained in the report of OECD referred to in paragraph 19 of the national report. Regarding the protection of children, Chile was particularly interested in the work done together with NGOs and would like to have more details on how is the work structured between the authorities and the representatives of civil society in this respect. 51. Ukraine stated that Switzerland has not escaped from some worldwide problems, such as the scourge of human trafficking and sexual exploitation, but that it made a number of efforts aimed at combating these phenomena, in particular the strengthening of national law and the development of domestic mechanisms. In this connection, Ukraine asked whether these measures were taken in the framework of a relevant comprehensive strategy, as recommended by CEDAW, and whether further information on achievements in this field were available. 52. Jordan noted the efforts and activities Switzerland has made recently, especially in the institutional-building process of the Human Rights Council. It referred to paragraph 58 of the national report on freedom of religion or belief, and requested more information on this highly important. Jordan also hoped that Switzerland would consider positively the possibility of establishing a human rights institution and incorporate a definition of discrimination against women as well as a definition of torture in accordance with CAT. 53. While noting that Switzerland has always been at the forefront of enhancing compliance with international human rights law, Italy also noted that it has not signed the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and enquired about the nature of the obstacles to the accession to these two important instruments. Italy wished to receive information on a concern expressed in 2002 by the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the age for criminal responsibility, which appears still too low. Italy recommended considering the explicit prohibition of all practices of corporal punishment of children. 54. Mauritania welcomed the progress made in advancing the gender dimension, in particularly the information campaign on equality as a further measure to strengthen the equality of women. It also noted various measures protecting children and persons with disabilities and action to give