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The Second Optional Protocol to the International Protocol on Civil and Political
Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty;
The Convention on the Rights of the Child;
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
involvement of children in armed conflict;
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of
Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography;
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; and
The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of their Families.
12.
Notes that Mozambique has enacted laws to promote and protect human rights
including inter alia: the Law on Domestic Violence against Women (law
no.29/2009); the Law on the Prevention and Suppression against Human
Trafficking, Especially Women and Children (law no.6/2008); the Law which
Protects HIV Positive Workers from Discrimination in the Workplace (law
no.5/2002); the Law on the Promotion and Protection of Children (law no.7/2008);
the Regulations on the Technical Provisions for Enhanced Accessibility by Citizens
with Physical Disabilities and/or Impaired Mobility to Public Buildings and Areas;
the Family Law (law no.10/2004); and Law no.3/2014 which provides for the
Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Elderly Persons;
13.
Welcomes the development of policies and programs put in place to ensure
protection of the rights of vulnerable groups, including: the Gender Policy and
Implementation Strategy, the Elderly Policy, the National Plan of Action for
Disability, and the Strategy for Disabled Person in Civil Service;
14.
Takes note of the Basic Social Allowance Program which provides financial
assistance to families living in absolute poverty throughout the country;
15.
Commends the measures taken to promote gender equality and guarantee equal
opportunities for men and women, including establishing the National Council for
the Advancement for Women, the Gender Coordination Group and the Gender
Strategy for the Civil Service;
16.
Commends the Government for abolishing the death penalty, as stated in Article
40(2) of the Constitution (2004);
17.
Welcomes the establishment of a specialized brigade to deal with human
trafficking, which liaises with the Offices and Departments catering for women and
children who are victims of violence;
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