A/HRC/44/5 45. Guinea was making great efforts to reduce poverty, including through the creation of an assistance fund for those who were in absolute poverty. The Government was working to ensure that everyone could find decent employment and could feed themselves and their families. 46. Violence against women, persons with disabilities and others was criminalized, and the punishment for those crimes were set out in the Criminal Code. Conjugal violence was now condemned very strongly. The crime of rape within marriage, which did not exist under previous legislation, was now established in the Criminal Code. In terms of programmes for the integration of persons with disabilities, all vulnerable groups were taken into account in legislation eliminating discrimination. 47. Turkey commended the important legislative work aimed at advancing the rights of persons with disabilities through the adoption of a new Civil Code, a new code on children and a law on persons with albinism. It also welcomed the creation of an independent national institution of human rights. 48. Ukraine welcomed efforts made to improve the civil registry system and the administration of justice. It expressed concerns about a formal ban on freedom of peaceful demonstrations and a lack of effective implementation of the legislation aimed at protecting the freedom of the press. It highlighted the need to step up efforts to combat discrimination against persons with albinism and children living with disabilities. 49. The United Kingdom welcomed the abolition of the death penalty. It urged Guinea to ensure the safety of journalists and human rights defenders. It was concerned by the high number of protesters and bystanders who had died during protests, including up to the 2013 parliamentary elections and in recent months. 50. The United States highlighted that impunity for State security actors who committed gross violations of human rights, including arbitrary killings and rape and other forms of gender-based violence, remained a serious problem in Guinea. 51. Uruguay welcomed the abolition of the death penalty in the Criminal Code, the implementation of the strategic plan to end female genital mutilation and other action plans to put an end to such practice. 52. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela welcomed the establishment of the national health security agency and the provision of free health services, the adoption of the law to combat female genital mutilation, and efforts to provide education to girls. 53. Zambia welcomed the adoption of a number of laws aimed at continuing and consolidating the process of promoting and protecting human rights since the previous universal periodic review. 54. Albania welcomed the improvements in the combating of traditional and harmful practices against women and children; the interministerial committee on human rights; and the implementation of the national social and economic plan aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. 55. Algeria welcomed the ratification of the main international and regional instruments relating to the rights of vulnerable persons; the programme for the rejuvenation of public administration; and the national strategic plan to abolish female genital mutilation. 56. Angola commended the reform of the justice system and the removal of the death penalty from the Criminal Code and the military justice code. It encouraged Guinea to proceed to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty. 57. Argentina commended Guinea for the amendments made to the national legislation to rescind the death penalty. 58. Australia commended steps taken to abolish the death penalty, prevent and prohibit female genital mutilation and criminalize child marriage. It expressed concern about the disproportionate use of force by security forces and limits on press freedoms. 6