A/HRC/32/6 9. Mozambique indicated that it would be doing its best to comply with its obligations in receiving visits of special procedure mandate holders and expressed the desire that pending visits take place as soon as possible. 10. Mozambique reported its great efforts to regularize its reporting to the specialized United Nations and African Union mechanisms. The latest reports had been presented to the Human Rights Committee and the Committee against Torture, both in October 2013, and to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, in June 2014. 11. The reports on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Persons with Disabilities had already been submitted to the pertinent committees. 12. In compliance with its international commitments, particularly the Vienna Ministerial Declaration and Plan of Action of the Least Developed Countries, Mozambique had established the National Human Rights Commission and the Ombudsman in 2012, in the light of the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles). 13. Mozambique thanked OHCHR for the technical and financial support the latter had provided to the National Human Rights Commission and the country’s business and human rights initiative, especially in the organization of a national workshop with all stakeholders. 14. On business and human rights, the Government would undertake a joint study with civil society organizations, which would culminate in the presentation of a report on the impact of business on human rights of Mozambicans. 15. The President was available to engage with all national stakeholders for the sake of peace, national unity and development, through a constructive dialogue. To date, five general elections had been held with success — presidential and legislative — in 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014, in the efforts aimed at deepening political and civil rights, as well as the democratic process. 16. Furthermore, the decentralization process was ongoing. 17. Regarding correctional services, the Government had approved Law No. 3/2013, which established the National Penitentiary Service and its Organic Statute and Staff Regulations on fulfilling the duties of prison guard. Providing legal aid to prisoners with no means to hire their own lawyers was still a challenge, despite the work done by the Institute for Legal Assistance. 18. The number of persons in preventive detention receiving legal aid stood at around 50 per cent. The country’s President had announced in December 2015 the pardon of the sentences of 1,000 inmates, who had already been released from prison, as a humanitarian and goodwill gesture. The country had made strides on gender equality. Of the 250 members of Parliament, 100 were women, which corresponded to 40 per cent of seats. Women ministers comprised 28.6 per cent of the Cabinet, while 20 per cent of viceministers were women. 19. In conclusion, Mozambique renewed the country’s commitment to the promotion and protection of all human rights for all Mozambicans, inter alia, by strengthening State institutions and encouraging the participation of the civil society (non-governmental organizations, media etc.), in all human development activities, with the support of the international community. 4