A/HRC/13/7 International cooperation aims towards the improvement, inter alia, of the quantity and quality of reception conditions with particular focus on vulnerable groups of asylumseekers. 81. Cyprus referred to integration actions and programmes which include the employment of interpreters in public schools, the organization of special classes for teaching the Greek language, the publication of an information guide in five languages and the organization of a Mediterranean Forum for new approaches on integration. 82. Cyprus indicated that the detention of asylum-seekers is sometimes necessary for reasons clearly stated in the Refugee Law and fully compatible with 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the Aliens and Immigration Law and court jurisprudence. The Asylum Service may intervene in cases where the detention of an asylum-seeker is deemed to be unjustified. For people staying illegally in Cyprus, a detention or deportation order is issued and the person remains under custody until the execution of the order, which usually takes place within 15 days. In relation to the deportation order, an appeal can be submitted to the Supreme Court. The detention pending expulsion is extended when the person does not posses a valid travel document, when a habeas corpus application is submitted, and when an appeal is submitted to the Supreme Court. No minors whatsoever are held in custody as the detention of minor asylum-seekers is forbidden by the law. 83. The delegation confirmed that Cyprus intends to ratify OP-ICESCR. 84. As regards children’s rights, the position of Commissioner for Children’s Rights established in 2007 is fully compatible with the Paris Principles and is totally independent and properly empowered. It has a very wide mandate, which includes ensuring CRC protection for all children in Cyprus, national and foreign, and holds, inter alia, monitoring and awareness-raising competencies. The institution receives complaints from children and can represent them in courts nationally and internationally. The institution’s recommendations have been well received and endorsed by the Government, and include views on legislation discussed in Parliament. 85. The delegation, referring to the jurisdictional overlap between the different Ombudsperson institutions, said that Cyprus considered the concurrent competencies as emblematic of a well-functioning democratic society. 86. In closing, Cyprus thanked all States for their participation in the review and expressed its commitment to continue taking action to further enhance the promotion of human rights. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 87. In the course of the discussion, the following recommendations were made to Cyprus: 1. Speed up ratification of core human rights treaties that it has signed, but not ratified yet (Greece); 2. Consider the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT); the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OP-CRC-AC); the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICRMW); the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD); the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP- 15