10. Botswana recommended that Japan, In line with requests by CEDAW and the CRC, review the situation of children born out of wedlock who do not enjoy nationality, inheritance and birth registration rights. Japan accepted to follow up on this recommendation. 11. Mexico recommended that Japan, Take the necessary measures to ensure universal birth registration, including for children born out of wedlock and regardless of the parents‟ immigration status 12. Chile recommended that Japan, Continue the efforts to review existing legislation related to the family, in particular the regime applicable to children born out of wedlock 13. Other relevant recommendations included ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, addressing indirect and direct racial discrimination, eliminating discrimination against migrants, foreigners, asylum seekers and refugees, women and children of ethnic minorities or non-Japanese nationality and children with disabilities, enhancing the promotion and protection of the rights of women, children and persons with disabilities amending the Immigration Control Act to introduce a maximum period of detention pending deportation, strengthening measures to fight human trafficking and protect the human rights of foreigners – including refugees– and prevent discrimination against them in both law and practice. Second Cycle Recommendation 147.1. Proceed with the ratification of instruments that have not yet been ratified and accelerate the process of withdrawing reservations in order to ensure the fullest enjoyment of human rights for the population (Benin) 147.35. Implement the recommendation of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) to adopt specific legislation to outlaw direct and indirect racial discrimination, and guarantee access to effective protection and remedies through competent national courts (South Africa) Response of Japan This recommendation was partially accepted for follow up. This recommendation was accepted for follow up. Japan provided the following comment: ‘‘Partially accept to follow up (a) In the case of Japan, Article 14, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution stipulates that all people are equal under the law and there shall be no discrimination because of race. (b) It is obvious from the provision "by all appropriate means" in Article 2.1 of the ICERD, legislative measures are required, where appropriate and necessary. We do not recognize that the present situation of Japan is one in which discriminative acts cannot be effectively restrained by the existing legal system and in which explicit racial discriminative acts, which cannot be restrained by measures other than legislation, are 5