A/HRC/43/17/Add.1 37. Recommendation: 120.132 is not accepted as members of national minorities are provided with equal access to education. 2. Cultural rights 38. Recommendation: 120.146 is accepted. E. Vulnerable groups 1. The rights of the child 39. Recommendations: 120.170, 120.171, 120.172, 120.173, 120.174, 120.175, 120.176, 120.177are in the process of implementation. 40. Given the Action Plan for Children is envisaged on the basis of the new recommendations of the 5th and 6th periodic report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, governments of Entities, the Brcko District of BiH and cantons are responsible for the protection of children without parental care, children with disabilities and juvenile offenders. 41. The competent authorities of the Republika Srpska have highlighted that they have responsibility for the protection of persons with disabilities, including children, the protection of children from violence, including corporal punishment and sexual abuse of children, the suppression of juvenile delinquency, the support to families and child health and the elimination of child labour and that they actively work to implement strategies and other policies. 2. Persons with disabilities 42. Recommendations: 120.180, 120.181, 120.185, 120.186, 120.187, 120.188, 120.189, 120.190, 120. 191 are accepted. 43. Recommendations: 120.179, 120.182, 120.183, 120.184, 120.192 are in the process of implementation. 44. The process of inclusion of children with disabilities has begun in the Entities and cantons and BiHBD. The Entity governments have developed strategies to improve the situation of persons with disabilities, which requires harmonization of laws with a view to protecting all persons with disabilities, regardless of the cause of disability. 45. In the field of health care, it is necessary to continue strengthening the health care system of refugees, displaced persons, internally displaced persons and returnees, including persons with disabilities. 3. LGBTI 46. Recommendations: 120.43, 120.54 are in the process of implementation. 47. The Republika Srpska Government takes the position that there is no need for designing a strategy for this area as the matter has been regulated in the valid gender strategy. 48. The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has proposed the adoption of a framework action plan in this field. 49. In 2016 and 2017, the Entity Governments adopted operational plans for the implementation of the BiH GAP, which have included measures for improving the rights of LGBT persons and which represent the first institutional plans for improving the rights of LGBT persons in BiH. One of the most important results in the implementation of the plans is the harmonization of criminal laws with international legal standards that govern the rights of LGBTI people. 50. Recommendation 120.44 is not accepted. 5

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