9. Albania responded that the recommendations by France and Israel had already been implemented or were in the process of being implemented. 10. During the second cycle (the 27th session of the Human Rights Council, July 2014), Albania again did not receive any recommendations on statelessness. However, it received 9 recommendations on the treatment of the Roma. Albania accepted 4 of these recommendations outright, including recommendations from Slovakia to “Step up efforts to implement effectively the National Strategy and Action Plan for the Decade of Roma Inclusion with a view to improving the living conditions of the Roma community and, if necessary, to adopt measures to improve the education of Roma children”(para 104.101) and to “Strengthen efforts to improve access to housing, health services, education and employment for both the Roma and Egyptian communities”, as recommended by Australia (para 104.103). 11. Albania claimed it was already in the process of implementing 4 recommendations, including a recommendation by Spain to “Strengthen the fight against discrimination affecting the Roma minority in access to housing, employment, education, social services and participation in public life” (para 105.12). Albania partly accepted the Swiss recommendation to “End the discriminations against the Roma and Egyptian communities, and grant minority status to the Egyptian community” (para 106.7); stating in response that it did not accept minority status of the Egyptian community. (A/HRC/27/4/Add.1, para 19) Albania’s International obligations 12. The Republic of Albania is party to the United Nations 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (1954 Convention) and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, both of which it acceded to in 2003.7 13. Albania also has a strong record of accession to the core international human rights treaties, which are relevant to the prevention of statelessness and the protection of stateless persons. These include the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), acceded to in 19918, (CRC), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), also acceded to in 19919, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) 10 and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of 7 Law no. 9057, date 24.4.2003, “On the adherence of the Republic of Albania to the Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons”. Law no. 9059, date 8.5.2003, “On the adherence of the Republic of Albania to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness”. 8 Law no. 7531, date 11.12.1991, “On the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Child”. 9 Law no. 7510, date 13.8.1991, “On the adherence of the Republic of Albania to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights” 10 Law no. 7768, date 9.11.1993, “On the adherence of the Republic of Albania to the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination”. 3