A/HRC/8/19 Page 8 30. Libya welcomed significant achievements, such as in the area of freedom of expression, the rights of prison inmates, a training programme on human rights and democratic principles, a successful campaign against illiteracy, and efforts to protect all workers, including foreign workers. 31. Noting the impressive economic and social indicators, Cuba invited Bahrain to provide more information on the “schools for the future project”, which focuses on modern information technology as well as on cooperation with civil society, including during the preparation of the national report. 32. Slovenia asked the following questions which could lead to recommendations: how had Bahrain tried to achieve a gender perspective in consultations for the preparation of the national report; and what was being planned for the next stage, including the outcome of the review. Slovenia recommended that reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) be removed, that the Optional Protocol be ratified and that national legislation be harmonized with the Convention. Bahrain was invited to inform about plans in this regard. 33. China welcomed Bahrain’s efforts in the area of judicial reform and the setting up of institutions to provide institutional guarantees. China asked how Bahrain will implement measures to create jobs and what difficulties they foresee. 34. Sri Lanka noted with optimism Bahrain’s efforts to balance a number of challenges, such as political stability, social development, protection from terrorist threats with the protection and advancement of human rights. Furthermore, Sri Lanka noted with appreciation a reference to a UNESCO report indicating Bahrain’s high rate of primary school enrolment, as well as an equally encouraging UNDP report documenting a decree that human rights education be taught in schools. 35. Switzerland welcomed the importance Bahrain’s report placed on the recommendations of treaty bodies and special procedures, as well as the fact that each chapter was introduced by voluntary commitments. It recommended that a non-discriminatory family code which, according to UNDP had been drafted in 2005, be adopted and enter into force without delay. It was further recommended that an extensive information campaign be undertaken once the code was adopted. In the context of women migrant workers, Bahrain was invited to provide details on measures taken to guarantee the rights of foreign female domestic workers; and in particular about any measures to remedy the fact that this group was explicitly excluded from the labour laws for the private sector. 36. Bangladesh was encouraged by Bahrain’s willingness to review its legal framework applicable to migrant workers; and welcomed plans in regard to the establishment of a national institution. 37. Bahrain noted several special measures for the protection of female migrant workers, including the establishment of a home to shelter victims of violence, which provides several services, and the setting up of a hotline for any kind of violence against domestic workers. Bahrain also discussed a law on the protection of victims of violence within homes, as well as of a special home for the protection of those who might be exposed to violence, including domestic workers, will soon be inaugurated. Bahrain indicated that it has been working on implementing CEDAW since ratification in 2002, to provide women full equality with respect to rights and obligations bearing in mind the Sharia. Family laws are based on Sharia; such laws are regulated in most Arab and Islamic countries in the same manner. Civil society is also working and participating in the process of encouraging the enactment of family law affairs in Bahrain, as well as awareness in universities and schools. With respect to trafficking, Bahrain has taken a responsible and realistic