A/HRC/17/17 Integration and Immigration, “Our People”, particularly whether there was any Government participation, and if the Foundation depended on any governmental authority. Ecuador made recommendations. 63. Sweden noted that Estonia’s law and judiciary provided effective means for addressing individual instances of abuse. Estonia had made an effort to replace some of the older prisons, however, there were still reports of poor conditions in some of Estonia’s prisons. Sweden also welcomed the steps taken to combat discrimination, such as the Equal Treatment Act, and improved and free access to Estonian-language classes. Sweden made recommendations. 64. Australia commended Estonia for action taken against human trafficking and welcomed the entry into force of the Equal Treatment Act in 2009. However, Australia remained concerned over ongoing discrimination based on language and gender. Australia welcomed initiatives to reduce crime among youth, and to decrease the number of prisoners in detention, but remained concerned at the treatment of prisoners in Estonia. Australia made recommendations. 65. The Islamic Republic of Iran noted the Government’s positive achievements at the national level. It expressed concern at the alarming levels of human trafficking, the degree of racial discrimination, xenophobia and other related intolerance against racial, linguistic and ethnic groups – especially the Roma, violence against women, sexual exploitation of children, the excessive use of force by law enforcement personnel, and the holding of detainees in poor conditions. The Islamic Republic of Iran made recommendations. 66. The delegation stated that the Integration Strategy has resulted in positive changes by creating tolerance and maintaining ethnic diversity in society. Estonia has implemented integration programmes since 2000. The new strategy was adopted in 2008 for the period 2008-2013, and covers three main areas: education and culture; social and economic; and legal and political. One of the main goals of the strategy is to increase contacts among people of different cultural backgrounds, and increase the participation of minorities in political and economic affairs. The plans for implementing the strategy had been developed with various stakeholders, and targets specifically youth, unemployment issues of minorities, and social exclusion. Various consultative bodies on minority issues that function at the State and regional levels, include representatives of national minorities. 67. A number of media outlets broadcast in Russian throughout the country, including the Estonian Public Broadcasting with a news portal in Russian, Radio 4 which offers programmes in Russian, ETV 2 which broadcasts partially in Russian, as well as some commercial channels in the Russian language. There are also one daily, and five weekly newspapers as well as a number of journals which are published in Russian. 68. Regarding the issue of unemployment among the Russian-speaking minorities, the delegation reported that special initiatives had been taken as a part of the integration programme to facilitate their access to the labour market, including consultancy on how to start a business, and specially designed language training courses. 69. The delegation stated that it was possible to use other languages, such as Russian, in police stations, medical institutions, social services and local governments, as well as in banks and businesses. In some regions, local governments also provide services in other languages. Additionally, Estonian language courses are provided for minorities, and 4,000 persons participated in such courses in 2010. 70. Regarding the concern expressed about the work of the language inspectors, the delegation reported that the language inspectors’ work was regulated by legislation and that the inspectors carried out monitoring visits to inspect language proficiency in workplaces in cooperation with representatives of the employers and municipal councils. 11