A/HRC/39/11 130. Bulgaria commended Canada for establishing a permanent mechanism for dialogue with the indigenous population. 131. Burkina Faso urged Canada to fully implement the recommendations that it accepted. 132. Chile asked about measures to protect the physical integrity of intersex children and to ensure their informed consent. 133. China noted the efforts made by Canada to promote and protect human rights, but was concerned about the remaining problems, including the living conditions of indigenous people and serious racism and discrimination against people of African and Asian descendent. 134. The Congo noted the implementation of the recommendations from the previous cycle, notably those on indigenous peoples and corporate social responsibility. 135. Israel noted the Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-based Violence, which aimed to fill gaps in the support provided to diverse populations. 136. Costa Rica acknowledged the initiatives on including indigenous people in the decision-making process. 137. Lebanon noted the efforts of Canada to ensure the equal enjoyment of rights by noncitizens. 138. The delegation of Canada provided details of its efforts to reform the criminal justice system, to combat acts of violence and to address inequalities. In 2017 and 2018, the Government had introduced new legislation in Parliament. It aimed to strengthen the provisions of the Criminal Code to reinforce sexual assault laws, to enhance victim safety and strengthen criminal law in the context of domestic violence, and to reduce delays in criminal courts and ensure a fair and effective criminal justice system that was accessible to all Canadians. 139. The legislative framework covered hate crimes, discrimination and acts of violence based on race and religion. Four specific offences in the Criminal Code prohibited acts motivated by hatred that were committed against not only a person, but also a group or property. Canada had measures in place at all levels of government to prohibit and prevent targeting, profiling and harassment. The country’s law enforcement and security intelligence officials investigated threats to national security and criminality based on available intelligence and information and did not target any particular community, group or faith. 140. Canada was collaborating with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples to develop a law aiming at the preservation of indigenous languages. The Government had voluntarily committed to continuing to improve services delivered to indigenous peoples. 141. Canada thanked the delegations for their active participation and their interest in the human rights situation in the country, and thanked civil society for its formal and informal participation in the review process. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 142. The following recommendations will be examined by Canada, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the thirty-ninth session of the Human Rights Council: 142.1 Consider ratifying those international human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party (Burkina Faso); 142.2 Ratify the international human rights instruments to which Canada is not yet a party (Mali); 142.3 Consider acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Sri Lanka); 9