A/HRC/8/45 Page 17 32. To include, systematically and continuously, a gender-perspective into the follow-up process to the Universal Periodic Review (Slovenia). 58. The following recommendations will be examined by Ukraine which will provide responses in due time. The response of Ukraine will be included in the outcome report to be adopted by the Human Rights Council at its eighth session: 1. To redouble its efforts and ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families the Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 1954 and the 1961 Convention to Reduce Statelessness (Mexico); 2. To sign and ratify, at the earliest opportunity, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto (Portugal); 3. To implement the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights encouragement to recognize the right to self-identification of all ethnic groups in Ukraine as well as to ensure protection and development of their cultural heritage (Romania); 4. To ensure the safety and proper treatment of all persons held in custody by the police and to consider the establishment of an independent police complaints mechanism (Italy); and 5. To consider applying the Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in relations to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity as a guide to assist in policy development (Slovenia). 59. Recommendations noted in paragraphs 20 (b) and (c) and 32 (a) above (protection of rights of persons belonging to ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, as well as the status of the Russian language) did not enjoy the support of Ukraine. 60. All conclusions and/or recommendations contained in the present report reflect the position of the submitting State(s) and/or the State under review thereon. They should not be construed as endorsed by the Working Group as a whole.

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