A/HRC/14/7 44. Norway commended the new Constitution and the promotion of indigenous rights. It expressed concern about the living conditions and de facto servitude to which many indigenous people were still being subjected. It noted discrimination and violence against women. Norway expressed concern about the paralysis of the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Tribunal and about the polarization of media and the number of reported assaults on journalists. Norway made recommendations. 45. The United States of America noted continued politicizing appointments as the largest obstacle to justice. It expressed concern at reports that corruption had worsened in 2009. It noted that some non-governmental organizations had characterized the country’s press as “partly free” and that Bolivia had taken some steps to silence dissent and criticism of the Government. It made recommendations. 46. Kyrgyzstan recognized the national plan of action for human rights. It noted efforts to develop the health sector and the great importance attached to education and the protection of indigenous peoples’ rights. It made recommendations. 47. In response to questions raised, Bolivia noted progress in the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which had been incorporated into the Constitution. As a result of the most recent general elections, the Legislature, for the first time, included deputies belonging to indigenous jurisdictions. 48. Through a democratic process, Bolivia had carried out a national referendum so that the population could decide on the maximum size of territorial property. The result established the maximum size at 5,000 hectares in order to put an end to large estates (latifundios). 49. Through the communitarian management of agrarian reform, Bolivia had achieved important results between 2006 and 2009, with land titles for 31,187,185 hectares and 1,077,973 hectares in the distribution of fiscal lands to 153,349 beneficiaries. Bolivia had carried out expropriations of land that had not fulfilled either an economic or a social function and had given them to peasant communities and/or indigenous peoples. During the period from 2006 to 2009, Bolivia gave 10,299 property titles to women. 50. Bolivia had repatriated families of indigenous, native and peasant heritage living in neighbouring countries. In compliance with ILO Convention No. 169, the right to consultation with indigenous peoples had been included in Bolivian legislation through the adoption of specific norms in 2007. 51. The members of the Afro-Bolivian population had been included in the upcoming census. The country also had a normative framework in place that established their cultural identity in the region. 52. Bolivia had committed itself to eradicating bondage. An Inter-Ministerial Council for the Eradication of Slavery, Forced Labour and Analogous Forms had been created in 2007. The Government was taking steps, in coordination with the Assembly of Guaraní Peoples, to achieve the prohibition and eradication of forced labour. Bolivia had developed a Plan for the Integral Development of the Guaraní Nation for 2009-2015, which responded to the need to eradicate forced labour and slavery in the Bolivian Chaco. Under Transition Plan, labour inspectorates had been created to carry out the fundamental task of safeguarding and re-establishing the validity of work rights for the Guaraní. 53. Bolivia had established an integral plan against gender-based violence that had been integrated into the national development plan and was part of the National Equality and Opportunity Equalization. A new strategy was being developed within that framework, with an emphasis in four areas: detection, prevention, attention and punishment in relation to gender-based violence. 8