A/HRC/25/12 20 July 2011 on the prevention and punishment of specific forms of violence; and Act No. 1.399 of 25 June 2013 instituting reforms of the Code of Criminal Procedure in respect of police custody. 8. He indicated that draft legislation on video surveillance was being prepared, to take account of recommendations made by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe. 9. Concerning the inheritance rights of children, he pointed out that Act. No. 1.278 of 29 December 2003, amending certain provisions of the Civil Code, the Code of Civil Procedure and the Commercial Code, had abolished any distinction in the inheritance rights of natural children, legitimate children and children born out of wedlock or of an incestuous relationship. 10. With regard to harassment in the workplace, he recalled that Act No. 1.382, cited above, had resulted in the inclusion in the country’s criminal legislation of Criminal Code article 236-1, which made any harassment a criminal offence, and that on 18 December 2012, the Government of the Principality had submitted to the National Council Bill No. 908 on harassment and violence in the workplace. 11. On the international level, in 2009, the Principality signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Bill No. 893 on the protection, autonomy and promotion of the rights and freedoms of persons with disabilities was submitted by the Government to the National Council on 7 December 2011 and was currently under study. The text had been drawn up with reference to the provisions of the Convention that the Principality was planning to ratify. 12. Monaco had also signed the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) and the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime. The process of ratifying the latter convention was currently under way. 13. The Principality had also ratified the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and the Convention against Discrimination in Education of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 14. Monaco was soon to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (the so-called Lanzarote Convention). The impact of possible accession to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was currently being studied. 15. Following extensive consideration of the possibility of ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the Government had identified the difficulties that would be involved in terms of concordance with institutions at the domestic level. Nevertheless, Monaco was determined to cooperate with the Court on a case-by-case basis in matters for which the Court requested its collaboration, as had already been the case in the past. 16. The delegation of Monaco indicated that the Principality had established extraterritorial jurisdiction over cruel treatment, torture, mutilation, organ trafficking, rape and other forms of sexual violence. 17. The head of the delegation noted that the Principality of Monaco had either set up or modernized the following institutions: (a) the antenatal and family support coordination centre; (b) the Princess Charlene Children’s Home (formerly the Sainte Dévote home); and (c) the Rainier III Clinic Gerontology Centre. In early 2014, the office of High Commissioner for the protection of rights and freedoms and mediation had been established. 4 GE.14-10028

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