A/HRC/8/50 Page 5 (a) Harmonizing national legislation with the provisions of international human rights instruments; (b) Strengthening the capacities of State and non-State actors involved in the promotion and protection of human rights; (c) Strengthening the institutional and operational capacities of the judiciary by increasing the number of courts and tribunals, training judges and court officials and improving detention conditions in prisons and reformatories; (d) rights; Strengthening technical capacities to prepare and submit national reports on human (e) Introducing human rights, the culture of peace, democracy and civics into formal and informal education programmes; (f) Translating basic national, regional and international human rights texts into the main national languages; (g) Consolidating the civil registry system; (h) Organizing various activities for the observance of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. B. Interactive dialogue and responses by the State under review 9. During the ensuing interactive dialogue, statements were made by 43 delegations, praising Mali for its presentation and its national report. 10. Algeria asked the Malian delegation to elaborate in greater detail on the difficulties and the challenges faced by Mali in the implementation of its programmes on economic growth and poverty alleviation. Algeria also requested information about the difficulties met in the preparation of reports to the treaty bodies, and Mali’s needs for assistance in this field. Algeria recommended that Mali pursue its efforts against poverty with appropriate and focused assistance from the international community and in particular from the OHCHR. Algeria also recommended that Mali continue its efforts, with the support of OHCHR, for the submission of its reports to treaty bodies in due course. 11. Chad welcomed efforts for the protection of women and children, however, noting the problem of trafficking in children which is a problem affecting West Africa, it asked what measures have been taken by Mali to address this problem. It also asked Mali to elaborate further on the reasons for the delay in the process of adopting a persons and family code . Chad further made reference to Mali’s good practice with regard to the Espace d’interpellation démocratique (EID) and asked Mali to provide more information about this initiative. 12. Tunisia took note of Mali’s efforts in the fight against child labour and trafficking in children, in spite of the persistence of customary traditions. Tunisia enquired about the strategy against cross-border trafficking in children and about the difficulties faced in its implementation. 13. Morocco noted that Mali has been late in submitting reports to treaty bodies and that the challenges in presenting reports require technical assistance to carry out these tasks. Morocco encouraged Mali to continue its efforts in the areas of education, food and health and invited the