A/HRC/44/4 10. It was highlighted that, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Kyrgyzstan was the first country to have comprehensively addressed the problem of statelessness, having undertaken efforts to identify 13,700 stateless persons, who now enjoyed full rights as citizens. 11. Progress in the implementation of recommendations from the second universal periodic review cycle included the human rights action plan for the period 2019–2021 and the entry into force, on 1 January 2019, of the Criminal Code, the Code on Minor Offences, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Penal Enforcement, in compliance with international standards. 12. The main purpose of the new Codes was the humanization of justice, the decriminalization of certain acts and the reform of punishments. Under the new Code of Criminal Procedure, an investigating judge, for judicial control, and a Council of Judges, for judicial self-government, were introduced. 13. An electronic database of judicial acts had been created and audio and video recordings of judicial proceedings introduced in 80 out of 159 courtrooms. Automated court information software had also been launched, with support from the European Union, and public access to information on proceedings had been expanded. 14. In 2019, a targeted State programme on the development of the judicial system in Kyrgyzstan had been developed to meet international standards in the administration of justice and was before the parliament for approval. 15. The delegation noted the adoption of the national strategy for achieving gender equality, 2012–2020, and the national plan of action for achieving gender equality, 2018– 2020, and the work of the National Council for Women and Gender Development. In 2017, the Government had approved the action plan for the implementation of the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women contained in its concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Kyrgyzstan (CEDAW/C/KGZ/CO/4). 16. In the Supreme Court, the representation of women among judges stood at 44.4 per cent in 2017, and, under the Law on the election of deputies to the local parliament, 30 per cent of such positions were reserved for women. Women were also creating small enterprises and developing a new direction for social entrepreneurship. 17. In 2019, 27 committees for the prevention of domestic violence had been created at the local level, and there were plans to establish them in all 453 districts. There were 14 crisis centres providing assistance to victims, and the opening of 2 State crisis centres was planned for 2020. With the support of the European Union and United Nations, the Government was also developing a programme to eradicate all forms of violence against women. 18. A working group had been established to amend legislation on criminal liability for discrimination on the basis of gender and violence in labour relations and to develop a road map for ratifying the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183), of the International Labour Organization (ILO). 19. Regarding the question from the United Kingdom on assessment of the implementation of the national plan of action for gender equality, the Government evaluated the completion rate as 65 per cent, and civil society would monitor implementation in 2020. 20. Legislation prohibited the exploitation of child labour and forced labour, and Kyrgyzstan had ratified the ILO Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138), and Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182). 21. The recommendations made in the context of the second review cycle by Albania and Mexico on simplifying the birth registration procedure and registering all children born in Kyrgyzstan had been included in the human rights action plan, 2019–2021. In addition, the Government was conducting a needs assessment among migrant children to ensure social support. 22. Regarding the question from Germany, in 2019, a new draft children’s code had been completed, including such basic guarantees as the prohibition of corporal punishment. 3