awareness of community members on the importance of the right to education, health, the registration of births and a nationality. 250. Legislation on the acquisition of nationality has been reviewed and reinforces the rights of children, who can obtain it if one of their parents is a national of Djibouti. 251. More generally, the State of Djibouti is committed to putting into practice the recommendations made by the Committee on the Rights of the Child after it submitted its periodic report. In this context, the recently approved National Strategic Plan for the Children of Djibouti (PSNED) for the period 2011– 2015 is the benchmark for initiatives undertaken by all stakeholders working to build an environment that is protective and fosters the enjoyment of fundamental rights by children and equal access for them to basic social services. The new framework should also ensure that children benefit from the effective implementation of the provisions of international, regional and national instruments on the rights of the child regarding survival, development, protection and participation. D. Rights of persons with disabilities or older persons 252. Djibouti has been a party since 2009 to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its protocol. 253. From a general standpoint, the law proscribes all forms of discrimination in terms of employment and occupation. Article 119 of the Labour Code encourages the employment of persons with disabilities by proposing fiscal incentives to employers. 254. Act No. 210/AN/07/5th L of 27 December 2007 on combating human trafficking offers special protection to vulnerable groups such as persons with disabilities against all forms of exploitation (articles 1 and 2). Djibouti is committed to undertaking the appropriate prevention actions and providing support to victims of human trafficking (Article 5). 255. Respect of the rights of persons with disabilities is ensured by the State through several ministries such as the Ministry of Justice, Prison Affairs and Human Rights, the Ministry of Labour in charge of the Reform of the Civil Service, the Department of State in charge of National Solidarity, the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Family Planning in charge of Relations with the Family, and the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training. These various departments have developed mechanisms or conducted actions in favour of persons with disabilities. Furthermore, many civil society organizations are active on the ground to ensure the realization of the rights of persons with disabilities. IV. RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE 256. In its preamble (paragraph 1), the Constitution solemnly proclaims its attachment to the principles of democracy and human rights as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and these provisions are an integral part of the Constitution. 48

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