A/HRC/10/78 Page 10 Spain also requested Serbia to expand its plans concerning the promotion and protection of Roma communities. 30. The Russian Federation noted the openness shown by Serbia in preparing for the review. It asked Serbia to indicate which measures were taken to conduct legal proceedings against war crimes, whether legislation provided for the possibility of substituting alternative civil service for military service and what Serbia was doing to integrate refugees. 31. Argentina recalled article 14 of the Constitution, on the rights of national minorities. Argentina stressed it would appreciate obtaining statistics on the literacy levels of children from ethnic minorities in Serbia. 32. Switzerland noted the progress achieved by the Government and the problems it faced. It recommended that Serbia continue to develop a legal system in line with international standards, which implied strengthening the rule of law. Regarding the fight against impunity, Switzerland recommended that Serbia take the steps necessary to ensure that alleged war criminals are prosecuted and to achieve full cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. On minority issues, the representative recommended that the Government intensify efforts to ensure better integration of all ethnic minorities. Switzerland recommended that Serbia take all necessary steps to ensure freedom of expression and safety for the men and women who have continued to display great courage in defending and promoting the values spelled out by the Council. In this regard, Switzerland was ready to continue its cooperation with Serbia. 33. In reply to the comments and questions of the delegations, Serbia stated that it was justified from the international law viewpoint that the situation of human rights in Kosovo and Metohija was a part of the State’s report. On the basis of the Security Council resolution 1244 (1999), Kosovo and Metohija were under the interim administration of the United Nations. Serbia stressed that resolution 1244 (1999) guaranteed the sovereignty of Serbia over its entire territory. It was important to recall the results achieved in its cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Serbia did not have any outstanding issues with the Tribunal, in particular regarding the submission of documents. Tribunal prosecutors had 26 insights into documents of the military, the intelligence and law enforcement. Not a single request for an insight into the archives was rejected. All witnesses, for which the Tribunal asked for release of confidentiality, had been released of that obligation, without exception. Of 46 indicted people, 44 were transferred to the Hague, including numerous high-ranking officials. Serbia also referred to the arrest and extradition of former president of the Republic of Srpska Radovan Karadzic, which dispelled the suspicion that Serbia was institutionally protecting Karadzic and Mladic. On the protection of journalists and human rights defenders, law enforcement authorities were making efforts to discover who had made threats and who committed attacks; people who had attacked journalists had already been prosecuted. The draft law on national councils would regulate the functioning of these mechanisms existing since 2002. In that way, minority self-governance would be assured. Serbia was to adopt a set of antidiscrimination laws, including the framework anti-discrimination law. Within that draft law, special attention was given to gender equality and protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. In the first half of 2009, laws on gender equality, prohibition of mobbing and strikes were expected to be adopted. Meanwhile, Serbia had already set out institutional mechanisms for gender equality on various levels. There were 54 women members of Parliament, including the Speaker, and five women ministers, including for justice and finance. The election laws prescribed the threshold of 30 per cent of women on electoral lists. There were