A/HRC/43/7/Add.1 Recommendations 115.153, 115.154, 115.155 and 115.156 17. Through Plurinational Constitutional Judgment No. 0206/2014 of 5 February, the Plurinational Constitutional Court abolished the requirement to obtain judicial authorization for access to legal abortion services when a pregnancy is the result of rape, statutory rape, incest or kidnapping and when the woman’s life or health is at risk. As a result, in the latter circumstances an abortion may be performed upon presentation of a medical report explaining the need for the procedure, while, in the other circumstances mentioned, public and private sector health service providers may perform a legal termination of pregnancy upon presentation of a copy of the relevant police report. 18. Through Ministerial Decision No. 0027 of 29 January 2017, the Ministry of Health adopted the Technical Procedures for the Provision of Health Services in accordance with Plurinational Constitutional Judgment No. 0206/2014, which govern the provision of health-care services for the safe and legal termination of pregnancy. 19. In order to protect women’s health and to ensure respect for sexual and reproductive rights by allowing safe and legal abortion services in all situations and for all women and girls within the framework of the aforementioned constitutional decision, the Ministry of Health has developed clinical protocols for health personnel on the use of misoprostol in gynaecology and obstetrics and a model for the comprehensive care of victims of sexual violence. 20. The Ombudsman’s Office is responsible for ensuring that medical personnel comply with the Plurinational Constitutional Decision in practice and that they apply the abovementioned protocols. Recommendations 115.209, 115.213, 115.217 and 115.218 21. The Constitution expressly prohibits forced labour and child exploitation and provides that the activities carried out by children and adolescents in family and social settings must contribute to their comprehensive development and have a formative function, and that, to this end, their right to protection, safeguards for this protection and the institutional mechanisms in place to guarantee such protection should be set out in special regulations. 22. Through the promulgation of Act No. 1139 of 1 December 2018,7 pursuant to which it is no longer possible for exceptions to be made to the minimum working age, the State has undertaken to ensure that children between the ages of 14 and 18 years old who are working, whether for themselves or for someone else, enjoy the same rights as adult workers. 23. The bodies responsible for protecting children and adolescents at the national, departmental and municipal levels have a duty to remove children and adolescents from work situations that are unsafe, unhealthy or detrimental to their dignity, to prevent them from returning to dangerous activities and to provide advice and temporary support in order to guide them towards an area of work in which their rights are protected. 4 GE.20-03332

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