A/HRC/37/16 77. Uruguay encouraged Ukraine to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. It welcomed steps taken against discrimination, including the expansion of the mandate of the ombudsperson, and the modification of the Labour Code to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. 78. The delegation of Ukraine indicated that an investigation by the Prosecutor General into the crimes committed during the protests that had taken place between November 2013 and February 2014 had led to 50 indictments of 116 people and the sentencing of 12 people. To ensure transparent investigations, the Government had launched a register of criminal proceedings for crimes committed during the revolution of dignity. The investigation of the events in Odessa was in the hands of the Prosecutor General’s Office, with a focus on misconduct by the police. In that regard, three people had been indicted and four were being sought. 79. In 2017, the Prosecutor General’s Office had submitted 22 indictments to courts against 32 law enforcement officers for use of torture. 80. Regarding investigations of crimes committed in the context of antiterrorist operations, the chief military prosecution had revealed numerous violations of article 75 (2) of the Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts, and had identified more than 3,000 illegally detained people who had been subjected to torture. With regard to investigations of sex-related crimes perpetrated by law enforcement officers, the delegation referred to the investigation of the Tornado battalion case, which had led to the sentencing of three people for torture and sexual crimes. 81. Regarding the reform of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the inspectorate general had been established, which had led to the investigation of 60 prosecutors on corruption grounds, and a qualification and disciplinary commission, in charge of employment and dismissal in the prosecutors’ offices, had been introduced. A road map for the reform of the Prosecutor General’s Office, drafted with the Council of Europe and the European Union, had been signed. 82. Ukrainian authorities had provided training on international humanitarian law for the leadership of the national armed forces, and were conducting a thorough campaign to prevent gender and sexual violence by the armed forces. More than 4,000 preventive workshops had been organized. 83. With regard to preventing torture by and misconduct of police, more than 60 police stations and 150 temporary detention facilities had been equipped with closed circuit televisions. The national police had created an information system to document complaints and physical injuries of detainees. A human rights department had been established within the national police, and prevention of torture and misconduct had been included in training courses for the police. 84. With regard to the recommendations made by the Russian Federation, Ukraine believed that those were actually relevant to the parts of Ukraine occupied and annexed by the Russian Federation. It was in Crimea where impunity and ethnic and religious discrimination were flourishing, and where the right to be educated in one’s native language was being blatantly violated. The delegation stressed that the Russian Federation supported separatist groups in Donbas, and that the international team that had investigated the crash of flight MH17 had come to the conclusion that the aircraft had been shot down by a Buk missile system brought from the Russian Federation. The delegation urged the Russian Federation to respect international humanitarian and human rights law in the territories under its control. 85. Regarding a question on demining and rehabilitation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the delegation stated that the armed forces had concluded the rehabilitation of infrastructure in 9 of 12 priority areas, and that the 3 remaining areas required yet another demining operation owing to constant ceasefire violations. 86. Referring to comments made by the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic, the delegation underscored that illegal armed groups in Donbas continued to 9