A/HRC/43/7/Add.1 and referendums and when officials are removed from office. The Plurinational Electoral Bureau is independent and autonomous. III. Recommendations of which the Bolivian State takes note Recommendations 115.6, 115.71, 115.142, 115.143 and 115.144 7. Bolivia is committed to adopting the measures necessary to prepare the relevant documents through the Comprehensive State Planning System, with due respect for periodicity.3 Recommendations 115.11, 115.67, 115.77, 115.82, 115.152, 115.155, 115.156, 115.157, 115.225, 115.227 and 115.229 8. The State takes note of the recommendations and will take the steps necessary to amend or implement the relevant legislation. Recommendations 115.30 and 115.31 9. The Service for the Prevention of Torture4 is a decentralized public institution with nationwide reach 5 that has administrative, financial, legal and technical autonomy and sufficient human and financial resources to operate independently. 6 In establishing the Service as a decentralized body, the Government took account of the provisions of article 17 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. 10. The Service for the Prevention of Torture is the national mechanism for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman, degrading or humiliating treatment or punishment in the Plurinational State of Bolivia. 11. Supreme Decree No. 2082 of 21 August 2014 governs the structure and operations of the Service for the Prevention of Torture and provides that it is competent to visit detention centres, prisons, special facilities, facilities for young offenders (juvenile justice system), military prisons, police and military training centres, military barracks and any other institution, without discrimination of any form, throughout the territory of Bolivia. Recommendation 115.49 12. The State considers that there are no legal provisions in force which might limit access to justice for persons with disabilities. The necessary steps will nonetheless be taken to identify any provisions that might limit this right. Recommendations 115.57 and 115.59 13. The Truth Commission was operational for a fixed period only and concluded its work on 20 December 2019. It had sufficient human and financial resources to operate and perform its duties. Recommendation 115.79 14. The Bolivian Government does not engage in any form of pressure, monitoring or surveillance of reporters and journalists. Recommendations 115.101, 115.102 and 115.103 15. Through Plurinational Constitutional Decision No. 0028/2017-ECA of 13 November, it was decided that the consequences of a change of gender identity should be discussed between the Plurinational Legislative Assembly and stakeholders in the community concerned with a view to formulating relevant legislation, in accordance with constitutional provisions. 16. The necessary steps will therefore be taken to establish a democratic space in which the issue can be discussed with the community concerned, in accordance with the Constitution, with a view to producing draft legislation. GE.20-03332 3