OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, SAMOA Samoa’s Second Universal Periodic Review ANNEX B: Implementation status of first cycle UPR recommendations Position Implementation Comments 73.1.Consider, in a progressive manner and with the necessary technical assistance, the ratification of the principal outstanding international human rights instruments (Chile); Supported Partly implemented Since the 2011 UPR Samoa has ratified the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) and signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). 73.2.Consider ratifying international human rights conventions to which it is not yet a party (Nicaragua); Supported Partly implemented See comment 73.1. 73.3.Consider ratifying, as soon as possible, fundamental international human rights instruments and their optional protocols to which Samoa is not yet a party (Brazil); Supported Partly implemented See comment 73.1. 75.1.Accede to further international human rights treaties (Turkey); Supported Partly implemented See comment 73.1. 73.4.Consider ratifying (Slovenia, United Kingdom), consider the possibility of ratifying (Argentina), consider signing and ratifying (Indonesia), consider the possibility of acceding to and/or ratifying (Ecuador) the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Slovenia, United Kingdom, Argentina, Indonesia, Ecuador); Supported Not implemented 75.2.Sign and ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Spain); 73.9.Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Spain); Supported Not implemented Supported Implemented 73.5.Consider ratifying (Slovenia), consider the possibility of ratifying (Argentina), consider signing and ratifying (Indonesia), consider the possibility of acceding to and/or ratifying (Ecuador) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Slovenia, Supported Not implemented Recommendation Acceptance of international norms 17 See comment 73.1.