A/HRC/14/15 Portugal also noted the Committee’s concern at the continuing prevalence of violence against women and girls. Portugal made recommendations. 40. In response to questions raised about so-called erased persons, Slovenia referred to the information already provided in its introductory statement regarding the issuance of supplementary decisions in 2009 by the Ministry of Interior. It also reiterated that the Government had prepared a bill that had been sent to Parliament to remedy remaining issues, stating that it should be considered soon, probably in March. The law, when adopted, would restore residency status to all those persons of the former Yugoslavia whose names had been removed from the population registers in 1992. Thus, this issue, which had been open for 18 years, would finally be resolved. 41. Concerning the issue of the Roma, Slovenia noted that the Constitution and the umbrella Act and the sectoral special laws on education and health were the fundamental legal framework for regulating the position of the Roma community and the exercise of their rights. These were exercised through various complementary acts and ministry programmes. A number of examples of specific measures were cited, including, inter alia, the adoption of a strategy for Roma education; the provision of expert and financial assistance to municipalities for the development of Roma settlements; innovative approaches to specific Roma health care needs; measures to improve employability integration; and measures aimed at promoting the Roma language. 42. Regarding questions raised about the trafficking in human beings, Slovenia indicated that an action plan of the Interdepartmental Working Group against Trafficking in Human Beings had been established, which focused on a wide range of activities aimed at raising awareness and informing the public and target groups about that issue. Given that women and children were the most vulnerable groups, the action plan sought to enhance prevention activities targeted at them. Slovenia clarified that the action plan also defined assistance and protection programmes for trafficking victims. Slovenia reported that the number of recorded cases of trafficking in 2009 had been 38, and that in previous years there had been approximately 40 cases per year. 43. With regard to the question of court backlogs, Slovenia confirmed that a special programme for eliminating them had been adopted late in 2005 and had proved successful. It reiterated information about legislative reform provided in 2009 and reaffirmed its intention to eliminate the backlog. 44. Concerning the question of sexual violence against women, Slovenia stated that measures for the prevention of sexual violence against women and children were included in the National Programme on Crime Prevention, in legislation on domestic violence and in the National Programme for the Prevention of Domestic Violence. Since such crimes often remained hidden, activities were aimed at better detection, reporting and awareness-raising. The number of detected cases was increasing as the result of efforts to improve detection and prevention. 45. Regarding the national human rights institution, Slovenia stated that the Human Rights Ombudsman, which had been in place since 1994, had mostly fulfilled the Paris Principles and had been accredited by the International Coordination Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. 46. With respect to the construction of the mosque or Islamic centre in Ljubljana, Slovenia indicated that the Islamic community in Slovenia had filed its first application for the allocation of a construction plot in 1969 but that a number of legal problems had arisen. The legal problem had been resolved in 2008, and the Islamic community of Slovenia was now in the process of publishing a tender for architectural design. On that basis, they should obtain building permits. 7