A/HRC/14/37 “witch” children, to promote human rights education for law enforcement officers, and to create a code of ethics for the police forces concerning the treatment of detainees. 484. Organisation pour la communication en Afrique et de promotion de la cooperation économique internationale (OCAPROCE) and partner organizations referred to recommendations and observations with regard to primary school education, and noted that the access of girls to school education was still constrained by social prejudice. OCAPROCE called on the Government to strengthen the promotion and protection of the rights of women and children, while congratulating Angola on its achievements in this regard. It also encouraged the Government to further pursue its efforts to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Convention against Torture. 485. The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, referring to recommendations 98 and 99, called for an amendment of the Penal Code and all discriminatory laws that may affect LGBT, as well as the decriminalization of consensual same-sex activities. It stated that the Human Rights Committee had noted that laws criminalizing homosexuality obstructed the implementation of effective education programmes in respect of HIV/AIDS prevention. It urged Angola to immediately repeal discriminatory laws, address stereotypes through education and promote media training. 486. Conectas Direitos Humanos, in partnership with 15 Angolan human rights organizations, highlighted the recommendations in the report concerning civil society organizations, and invited Angola to create a free working environment for human rights defenders. It recommended the protection of victims of forced evictions, the protection of the rights of the most vulnerable groups, the ratification of international instruments and the enactment of a law on human rights defenders. It stressed that special attention should be paid to poverty reduction, education and health care. 4. Concluding remarks of the State under review 487. The delegation emphasized that there was no law in Angola that criminalized homosexuality and there could not be a crime without the law. Since homosexuality was not a crime, Angola could not decriminalize it. 488. On the issue of transnational crimes, the Parliament of Angola had already approved the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and ratification was in progress. 489. The delegation confirmed that Angola did not accept recommendations 36 to 39, 43, 44, 98 and 99. 490. The delegation stated that it had learned a lot from the universal periodic review process. The enhancing of Angola’s cooperation with OHCHR and civil society continued to be a vital factor in the promotion and protection of human rights. 491. The delegation recalled that Angola had been recently re-elected for another term to the Council. Angola was a party to the main international human rights conventions and, in the near future, would be submitting its reports to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Human Rights Committee and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Angola strove to live up to its commitments and was always guided by the principle that human rights were an important component of its economic and social development. 492. The delegation expressed its appreciation to Member States, the secretariat and all those who had contributed to a successful session. GE.12-17781 121