A/HRC/43/14 10. The State cooperated with all international human rights mechanisms within the United Nations system. It had extended a standing invitation to all special procedure mandate holders and had cooperated transparently with those mandate holders who had visited. Iraq appreciated the cooperation of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and OHCHR in the different fields. 11. Institutional structures created included special sections for the empowerment of Iraqi women, and proposals to establish a ministry for women and development and a supreme council for women were currently being considered by the President. 12. The Government had adopted many policies and strategies to reduce violence against women, improve women’s reproductive health and comply with the principles of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000). 13. The Government was working to build an institutional and legal system to protect children and prevent any exploitation of children, and was currently preparing a draft law on the rights of the child and the Child Welfare Authority, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Child Helpline International. 14. The national report reflected the development of economic, social and cultural rights, such as reform packages to respond to the demands of demonstrators, including with regard to job creation and inclusivity. 15. The Government and the Commission of Integrity were working to reduce the impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights, prosecute those responsible, and use electronic machinery for the payment of salaries to eliminate opportunities for financial manipulation. 16. The Government was currently reviewing Law No. 38 of 2013 on persons with disabilities and was working to increase opportunities for the integration of persons with disabilities into the plans being pursued by the Ministry of Planning in relation to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 17. Since the right to education was a fundamental human right, the Government had been aiming to improve the levels of education, reduce dropout rates, provide educational opportunities for all groups and try to ensure the right to education for all. 18. Terrorism represented a major challenge to human rights, disrupting development programmes and affecting the rights of all groups. The Government dealt with those accused of terrorist crimes or Daesh members in accordance with the law and under the supervision of the attorney general, international organizations and the Independent Commission for Human Rights. 19. The Government was also working to settle the pending issues with respect to personal status arising from marriages that had occurred during Daesh’s control of parts of Iraq, and births that had resulted from rape in those areas. 20. The application of the death penalty in Iraq was based on legal provisions guaranteeing a fair trial and legal and procedural safeguards for the trial. The death penalty was applied only for the most serious crimes, including murder and terrorism, and the Iraqi judiciary and other authorities were considering requests to commute the sentence of death according to the law or the discretion of the judiciary. 21. The Iraqi judiciary did not sentence children to death and did not apply the penalty to pregnant women. 22. The challenges faced in the implementation of the recommendations were not a justification for delay or only partial implementation, and the Government was working on developing national plans to implement new recommendations. 3