A/HRC/37/8 40. The delegation stated that in 2016 the judiciary had approved the National Plan on Access to Justice for Vulnerable Persons (2016–2021) and the judicial branch had created the Gender Justice Commission. Also, in March 2017, the first integrated judicial module on gender-based violence had been inaugurated. 41. Regarding intercultural justice, the judicial branch had implemented a web-based module to provide services for interpreters and translators of indigenous languages, with 26 interpreters in several original languages. 42. With regard to forced disappearances, since January 2016 the specialized forensic team of the Public Prosecutor’s Office had recovered 3,410 corpses from 2,244 burial sites. It noted that the task had been carried out using the practical guide for the recovery and analysis of human remains in contexts of violations of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, approved in a resolution of the Office of the Attorney General. 43. The Public Prosecution Service had carried out investigations on the basis of oral and written complaints by families and media reports into alleged forced sterilizations in different hospitals and health centres in the departments of San Martín, Huánuco, Piura, Huancavelica, Cajamarca, Cusco, Apurimac and Ucayali. 44. The delegation submitted that, in 2017, the country had incorporated into its legislation the criminal offence of labour exploitation and had modified regulations on the crime of forced labour. In the area of child labour, the National Strategy for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labour (2012–2021) had been approved, and a child labour registry had been implemented. 45. The delegation stated that there were 55 indigenous peoples and 47 indigenous languages in Peru, which represented around 4 million indigenous peoples. Pursuant to the law on the right to prior consultation of indigenous peoples, between 2014 and 2017, 36 prior consultation processes involving 43 indigenous peoples had been carried out and, in all the consultation processes carried out, agreements had been reached. It also stated that there were indigenous people in isolation and initial contact in Peru and that, in 2016, it had categorized three reserves for their protection. In 2016, the intercultural health sectoral policy had been approved and, in 2017, a working group to promote the rights of indigenous women had been created. 46. The National Plan for the Development of the Afro-Peruvian Population (2016– 2020) had been approved in 2016, aimed at guaranteeing the right to equality and nondiscrimination of the Afro-Peruvian population. The Ministry of Culture included a specialized directorate for the Afro-Peruvian population and a working group on the AfroPeruvian population had been created. 47. Timor-Leste welcomed the establishment of the National Commission against Discrimination, the “Racism Warning” platform, the national justice agreement and the national plan on access to justice for vulnerable persons. It also commended Peru for the establishment of national mechanisms for the prevention of torture. 48. Tunisia commended Peru for its ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the establishment of emergency centres for victims of violence. 49. Ukraine noted positively the ratification of a number of international treaties, the designation of the Office of Ombudsman as the national preventive mechanism and the adoption of a new version of the National Human Rights Plan along with several action plans in related areas. 50. The United Kingdom commended Peru for its efforts to develop a national human rights strategy, including a reference to the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and intersex persons. It expressed concern at incidents of forced labour and sex trafficking in the highland and rainforest regions and of violence and sexual assault against women and girls across the country. 51. The United States expressed its support of the focus on combating corruption and investigations into alleged extrajudicial killings by the police. It welcomed efforts to reduce 6