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public policies to prevent sexual violence and abuse and facilitate access to legal
interruption of pregnancy.
102. In the area of education, the Government’s objectives were to guarantee equal access
to and completion of primary and secondary education for all children, reduce existing
sociocultural differences through the use of new technologies and tools in the learning
process, and ensure comprehensive sexual education by training teachers in both public and
private schools.
103. With regard to migration, since 2012 Argentina had granted residence to more than
1,350,000 persons and special regimes of migratory regularization had been implemented
for Dominican, Korean, Senegalese and Haitian nationals who resided in Argentina.
104. The delegation noted the creation, in September 2017, of the national disability
agency as a decentralized agency within the General Secretariat of the Presidency and the
approval of the national disability plan. Labour inclusion, access to justice, accessibility in
education and transport were among the agency’s priority tasks. The delegation further
highlighted the federal disability council as a space for dialogue and planning that
facilitated the introduction of disability as a transversal issue across government, provincial
and municipal policies.
105. In the area of public security, the delegation pointed out the creation of the
directorate for the control of the integrity of the police and security forces, charged with
developing prevention and control policies based on the Code of Conduct for Law
Enforcement Officials, the Code of Ethics for Public Officials, as well as other national and
international standards and norms.
106. Argentina thanked all delegations for their constructive participation. It welcomed
the encouraging comments and recommendations received and stressed that Argentina
would work to address them and to fulfil the voluntary commitments it had made for the
third cycle.
II. Conclusions and/or recommendations
107. The following recommendations will be examined by Argentina, which will
provide responses in due time, but no later than the thirty-seventh session of the
Human Rights Council:
107.1
Ratify the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control of the World
Health Organization (WHO) (Costa Rica); Consider the possibility of ratifying
the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (Ecuador); Consider
the ratification of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (Peru);
107.2
Sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (Guatemala);
107.3
Ratify the Inter-American Convention against All Forms of
Discrimination and Intolerance (Paraguay);
107.4
Ratify the Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial
Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance (Côte d’Ivoire) (Paraguay);
107.5
Consider the establishment of a permanent governmental mechanism
to implement the universal periodic review recommendations (Georgia);
107.6
Consider the establishment or the strengthening of the existing
national mechanism for coordination, implementation, reporting and follow-up
(Portugal);
107.7
Adopt an open, merit-based selection process when selecting national
candidates for United Nations treaty body elections (United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland);
107.8
Continue collaborating with the special procedures of the Human
Rights Council on cases of enforced or involuntary disappearance (Chile);
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