A/HRC/36/14 86. Haiti welcomed the success of the policies and programmes of Poland regarding improving women’s rights, reducing poverty levels, the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and combating human trafficking. 87. The Holy See noted the initiatives to reduce the wage gap between men and women, enhance the protection of women and provide assistance to children for their equitable access to quality health care and education. 88. Honduras welcomed legislative measures to protect human rights and efforts to allocate the necessary funds to OHCHR. It noted, however, that Poland should continue to harmonize the legal framework with the international treaties. 89. Hungary welcomed the new laws relating to citizenship adopted to reduce statelessness and took positive note of the measures taken to promote the protection of the Roma community. 90. Iceland regretted that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons were still not sufficiently protected under national law and was concerned about the difficulties women faced in gaining access to safe abortions and the related law before Parliament. 91. Indonesia welcomed the implementation of the National Action Programme for Equal Treatment and the adoption of the new National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking and the new Foreigners Act. 92. The delegation of Poland indicated that the National Action Plan against Human Trafficking 2016-2018 had provided a series of activities to improve the identification of victims of human trafficking. Poland also had a system of social assistance, support and care for victims of human trafficking. The 2007 amendment to the Act on Social Assistance had expanded the group of beneficiaries to third-country nationals who legalized their stay in Poland by the fact of having been granted the status of victim of trafficking in human beings. 93. Children of migrants in an irregular situation and children of asylum seekers had access to education, both in open and closed centres. While it emphasized alternatives to detention, Poland did its best to improve the conditions in detention centres using European funds. For example, bars from all the windows of such centres were being taken away so that they would not have the appearance of a prison. For the integration of asylum seekers, Polish language lessons and lessons on the Polish culture were provided. 94. Support for families in difficulties was provided through the system of measures to help them re-establish their ability to take care of their child. It was governed by the 2011 Act on Support for Family and Alternative Care. There was a range of services provided in cash to support family income. Through the “Family 500+” programme, the rate of extreme poverty of children had fallen from 12 to 0.7 per cent and relative poverty had fallen from 28 to 10 per cent. A programme had been introduced to support families with persons with disabilities, in particular children with disabilities. 95. Under Polish law, every incident of rape was punishable. Criminal responsibility was triggered irrespective of any relationship between the perpetrator and the victim. The relevant provisions of the Criminal Code applied with no exception to marital rapes. The gender of the victim or the perpetrator had no bearing on the criminal responsibility and in prosecuting those who were guilty of the crimes. 96. The Ministry of Justice was analysing the possibility of ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and incorporating the definition of torture into domestic criminal law. Furthermore, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment was part of the Polish legal system. Therefore, although there was no definition of torture in Polish law, all acts that fell under the Convention were criminalized. 97. The National Programme of Action for Equal Treatment 2013-2016 was being evaluated, and there were plans to develop a new one. The Council for the Prevention of Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance had been dissolved in 2016, but the obligation to prevent and fight against racism, discrimination and xenophobia rested with other public bodies. 9