A/HRC/28/13 May 2015. This new code would take account of international standards aimed at ensuring that journalists could pursue their activities freely. 13. As for the practice of moletry, Madagascar stated that the Government would monitor and assess the implementation of the road map prohibiting moletry against minors. 14. In regard to the economic dependence of women and poverty, adding to information given in the report, Madagascar stated that with the support of UNDP the “Intensive functional literacy for development” approach had led in 2013 to the establishment of 18 literacy centres, which enabled recipients to acquire the reading, writing and arithmetic skills they required to manage their affairs and follow basic technical training courses. Some 150 resource persons had also been trained and deployed in local communities. 15. Regarding anti-human trafficking measures and the evaluation of their effectiveness, Madagascar indicated that the anti-trafficking bill adopted by the Government Council and the Council of Ministers would be put before Parliament. This bill provided for the criminal responsibility of legal persons involved in trafficking, including placement agencies engaging in trafficking. The evaluation of the effectiveness of anti-trafficking measures would be based, inter alia, on the numbers of alleged perpetrators of trafficking investigated, prosecuted, tried and convicted and the number of victims obtaining effective redress. 16. Concerning the fight against torture and ill-treatment, Madagascar stated that the bill criminalizing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment had been submitted to the Government for referral to Parliament. The new laws against trafficking and the law on torture and ill-treatment would be incorporated into the Criminal Code so as to facilitate their effective implementation by law enforcement officials. The ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment was currently under consideration. 17. With regard to reducing the length of pretrial detention, Madagascar had adopted Act No. 2007-021 of 30 July 2007 reducing the duration of pretrial detention in order to avoid long detentions without due process. The following measures had been taken in that respect: prompt drafting of a bill on alternative measures to imprisonment and alternatives to detention, including community service; simplification of the parole process and quicker processing of cases. 18. Madagascar had achieved significant results in its reform of the prison system since 2013, thanks to the support of the European Union. Madagascar intended to reform its prison system according to the concept of the correction and rehabilitation of detainees through a reorganization of prison work and prison camps. 19. Regarding the reform of the judicial system, following two studies of the shortcomings of the criminal justice and anti-corruption systems, concrete proposals had been made by all stakeholders of the criminal justice system to develop a national action plan aimed at reforming the criminal justice and anti-corruption systems. 20. As for the promotion of equality between men and women, the bill ratifying the Southern African Development Community Protocol on Gender and Development adopted by the Government Council would shortly be submitted to the Council of Ministers. The ratification of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol) would be considered subsequently. In an effort to promote the participation of women in decision-making in public affairs, the bill on the proportional representation and participation of men and women in elected or nonelected decision-making positions in the public sector had been submitted to the Government for referral to Parliament. GE.14-24933 5