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committed between 1973 and 1985 are not subject to a statute of limitation, and to bring to
justice those responsible for these crimes as well as those responsible for more recent
threats to judicial officials and human rights defenders. It encouraged Uruguay to urgently
implement recommendations to improve the living conditions of prison inmates and
opportunities for their rehabilitation and integration and implement the law against genderbased violence against women. It also encouraged Uruguay to improve the protection of the
rights of migrants. Finally, it encouraged Uruguay to promote meaningful involvement of
the civil society in the follow up to the recommendations.
597. The Association of World Citizens remained concerned about child marriages and
girl brides in Uruguay. It noted that the fact that 25 per cent of girls married before the age
of 18 should be regarded seriously and that a national plan of action is needed, especially
for rural, poor and illiterate families. It noted that mandatory, primary and secondary
education and the inclusion of migrants in society could help to reduce child marriages
significantly. Additionally, combatting violence and discrimination against women still
needed more attention and budget to reach Sustainable Development Goal 5. Systematic
human rights education for police forces, judiciary and heads of prisons could provide for
human rights of prison inmates and those arrested.
598. Madre, Inc. stated that, in paragraph 8 of the report of the Working Group on the
Universal Periodic Review of Uruguay, it is stated that “Uruguay had continued to examine
the conditions of applicability of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No.
169) of the International Labour Organization. It was unclear how the definition of
indigenous peoples contained in article 1 of that Convention could be applied in the context
of Uruguay”, which demonstrated ambiguity. It also noted Uruguay’s reference to Charrua
language programmes and asked for more details about the programme, including the
number of persons who had benefitted it.
4.
Concluding remarks of the State under review
599. The Vice-President stated that, based on the information provided, out of 226
recommendations received, all 226 recommendations enjoyed the support of Uruguay.
600. In conclusion, the delegation of Uruguay thanked the States, its National Institution
of Human Rights and Ombudsman’s Office and the representatives of civil society for their
participation, and reiterated its gratitude to the delegation of Mexico, the country which had
acted as a rapporteur of the Troika during the review. It took due note of the valuable
comments received and informed that they would be submitted to the members of the
National Mechanism for Reporting and Follow-up of Recommendations and would be
considered during the follow-up process to the recommendations received and accepted.
The delegation stressed that for many of the recommendations, there were already updated
information and statistics as most of them were already being implemented. It stated that
Uruguay was committed to present a midterm report, as it did in previous cycles, with
information about the implementation and follow-up to recommendations.
Yemen
601. The review of Yemen was held on 23 January 2019 in conformity with all the
relevant provisions contained in relevant Human Rights Council resolutions and decisions,
and was based on the following documents:
(a)
The national report submitted by Yemen in accordance with paragraph 15 of
the annex to Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution
16/21 (A/HRC/WG.6/32/YEM/1);
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