A/HRC/20/25 expenditure on social protection initiatives related to vulnerable children, and stresses again that a universal child grant would be the most effective means of reducing poverty among children. She therefore welcomes the introduction of a child grant scheme in several districts, and urges the Government to develop its plans to explore and strengthen the linkages between child protection and social protection. 54. The Special Rapporteur had raised concerns regarding the unsystematic registration of children. From 2000 to 2010, only 5 per cent of children from the poorest quintile of the population were registered at birth.25 As undocumented children have less access to public services and are statistically invisible for the purposes of policymaking, the Special Rapporteur urges the Government to make procedures for birth registration free and accessible to all as a matter of priority. 3. Persons with disabilities 55. The Special Rapporteur is pleased by the efforts of Zambia to incorporate the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into domestic law, including by reviewing the Persons with Disabilities Act. The Special Rapporteur urges the Government to prepare a national implementation plan. 56. Information received by the Special Rapporteur indicates that persons with disabilities are still inadequately covered by social protection programmes; she emphasizes the need to do more to ensure that they are reached effectively. 4. Persons living with HIV/AIDS 57. In her mission report, the Special Rapporteur referred to the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Zambia and called for the expansion of access to free treatment. In this regard, she is pleased to note the substantial increase in the numbers of people receiving free antiretroviral treatment, and calls on the Government to urgently push ahead to increase coverage, with the support of development partners. 5. Asylum-seekers and refugees 58. The Special Rapporteur’s recommendation that Zambia withdraw its reservations to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, and align existing refugee legislation with international human rights standards, has not been followed. An estimated 10,000 recognized refugees live in urban areas without the required residence permit, and consequently without equal access to services. 59. Information received indicates that the Refugee Bill is still awaiting approval by the Ministry of Justice before submission to Parliament. The Special Rapporteur urges Zambia to revise the Bill to remove those provisions that restrict freedom of movement and the right to work of refugees, and to ensure that the Bill provides for the possibility of integration and naturalization, in line with international human rights standards. She also calls on the Government to amend the current draft of the Constitutional Amendment Bill, which explicitly bans refugees from naturalization. D. Corruption 60. In her mission report, the Special Rapporteur noted that the prevalence of corruption posed a serious challenge to poverty reduction efforts and the realization of human rights in 25 12 UNICEF statistics, available from www.unicef.org/infobycountry/zambia_statistics.html.