A/HRC/41/13 90. Romania commended the adoption of the national strategy for the protection and promotion of human rights and the measures taken to protect women and children against violence, to promote gender equality, to facilitate access to education and to protect the rights of minorities. 91. The Russian Federation expressed concern about discrimination against Roma and the high rate of unemployment among Roma, and expressed hope that improvements in those areas would be made soon. It welcomed the strategy for the integration of Roma and relevant action plans, noting that Roma should be included in the implementation process. 92. Senegal applauded the national strategy for the protection and promotion of human rights and the rural development programme. It praised Slovakia for its financial contributions to the work of OHCHR. 93. Serbia commended Slovakia for the adoption of the National Strategy for the Protection of Children from Violence, the National Action Plan for the Prevention and Elimination of Violence against Women 2014–2019 and the National Strategy for Gender Equality. 94. Singapore acknowledged measures taken to protect the rights of minorities and marginalized communities, including Roma, to combat domestic violence, including by introducing the definition of that crime into the Act on Victims of Crime, and to combat trafficking in persons. 95. Slovenia praised the adoption of strategies to protect the rights of children, women and minorities. It encouraged Slovakia to take additional measures to safeguard freedom of expression and to promote gender equality. 96. The delegation of Slovakia stated that the Government had established the position of the plenipotentiary for national minorities to improve protection of the rights of persons belonging to minorities. The Government gave priority to improving the situation of Roma in various areas. It had adopted the national Roma integration strategy for the period up to 2020. The strategy consisted of seven action plans covering health, education, housing, employment, financial inclusion, non-discrimination, and approaches towards the majority population (an initiative of Roma integration through communication). In 2018, the Government had approved a decree that outlined 11 concrete steps to strengthen efforts to ensure the integration of the members of the Roma community into society. 97. In the national strategy for the protection and promotion of human rights, the State emphasized the importance of maintaining continuous dialogue with civil society. The office of the plenipotentiary for the development of civil society had been assigned to coordinate the engagement and participation of civil society in public affairs. 98. The Government had set a priority to ensure equal treatment in the provision of accessible and high quality health-care services for all citizens, in accordance with international human rights standards. Health professionals were required to follow a code of ethics in order to avoid violations of legal requirements regarding access to health care. The Government had made efforts to provide adequate care for pregnant women and their unborn children. All women had access to various methods of contraception; however, contraceptives were not covered under the public health scheme. 99. The Government had adopted legislative and other measures to address illegal sterilization. Since 2004, the Government had not received any information on or requests to investigate cases of illegal sterilization, which could indicate that the legislation had been effective. Health-care workers specialized in sexual and reproductive health were informed about the requirement of having consent for sterilization procedures. 100. Due to incidents of extremism in other European Union member States, the Government had implemented various preventative measures, including awareness-raising campaigns, educational trainings and concrete legislative measures. 101. The concept document on the fight against extremism for the period 2015–2019 had defined the strategic priorities with regard to the prevention and elimination of radicalization, extremism and associated anti-society activities. Also, the authorities had adopted the Action Plan on the Prevention and Elimination of Racism, Xenophobia and 9