A/HRC/13/56 on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and favourably noted the programmes for migrant juveniles and their focus on secondary education and labour market inclusion. It reiterated the importance of the Ombudsman for children’s cooperation in addressing ethnic youth’s distrust of law enforcement officers as part of its ongoing efforts to combat racism and xenophobia. It commended Norway for steps taken to introduce restorative justice programmes for juveniles, and the attention and resources committed to unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors. 411. Hungary appreciated Norway’s exemplary efforts to protect and promote human rights, and highlighted the importance it attached to the fight against all forms of discrimination. Hungary welcomed Norway’s willingness to consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and signing the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. It also highlighted Norway’s pledge to uphold the policy of allocating a minimum of 1 per cent of its GDP for development assistance. Hungary also underscored Norway’s pioneering role in the promotion and protection of woman’s rights and programmes regarding social inclusion, as well as its international efforts aimed at ensuring that States fulfil their obligations regarding the rights of human rights defenders. Hungary underlined that Norway’s cooperation with the universal periodic review, and its transparency and openness during the preparation and the review process, could serve as a model to other countries, and highly appreciated its voluntary commitment to provide information annually on the implementation of the recommendations it accepted. 412. Botswana welcomed Norway’s acceptance of the majority of the recommendations and appreciated the additional information provided. It commended Norway’s decision to convert some of the recommendations into voluntary commitments, as an action-oriented approach. It noted with appreciation Norway’s leadership in the fields of promoting human rights and combating racism, as well as its constructive participation in the work of the Council. 3. General comments made by other relevant stakeholders 413. The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights commended Norway for its self-critical and constructive approach to the universal periodic review. It highlighted two concerns. The first was the lack of response to requests for a new national plan of action for human rights. It regretted that Norway did not have a clear policy; indeed, no specific goals had been set; and no overall measures were initiated. There was no coordination of ministry initiatives, no plan for competence-building in State bureaucracy and no overall mechanism for political follow-up of decisions taken. Hence, the plan of action was seen as weakening the Government’s accountability when it came to its human rights commitments. The Centre was of the view that the current case-by-case, fragmented approach to the use of religious garments, primarily hijab, exemplified the challenges of policy coordination. It recommended that Norway commit to formulate and implement a plan of action for human rights and establish a high level inter-ministerial coordinating mechanism for its follow-up consultation with the Centre and civil society. The second concern referred to the ratification of international human rights instruments to which Norway is not yet a State party. In this regard, the Centre recommended that the authorities of Norway continue to set a good example internationally by giving priority to ongoing ratification processes, by ratifying the Optional Protocols to the Convention against Torture, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 414. The Charitable Institute for Protecting Social Victims stated that a nationwide survey showed that 9 per cent of girls of the age of 15 years had been victims of genderbased violence, and that a Government committee’s estimations of early 2008 showed that 140