A/HRC/16/2 (a) With the technical support of OHCHR, consultations with civil society had been engaged to take into account their concerns and views in the formulation of a national plan of action for human rights; (b) Through the National Prevention Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture and with the support of civil society organizations, an amendment to the Penal Code had been prepared, in order to align the national definition of torture with that of the Convention against Torture; (c) A draft law to prevent and suppress human trafficking had been prepared; (d) The Office of the Public Prosecutor had designed a new information system to better collect disaggregated data about victims and perpetrators; (e) A comprehensive policy on social cohesion and public security for the period 2010–2022 had been adopted in the national plan; (f) A protocol for the protection of victims had been established; appropriate protective measures would be adopted with the victim’s consent, and investigations about the source of threats would be conducted; (g) The General Directorate of the Unit for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders had been placed under the supervision of the Secretary of Justice and Human Rights; (h) The President of the Republic had requested the Secretary-General of the United Nations to implement a pilot project for strengthening the capacity of the Prosecutor Offices of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to investigate and prosecute organized crime and to combat impunity. 525. Honduras acknowledged the special vulnerability to which children, women, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, journalists, social communicators and human rights defenders were exposed, as well as the institutional weaknesses for investigating human rights violations. 2. Views expressed by Member and observer States of the Human Rights Council on the review outcome 526. The United States of America commended the establishment of the Secretariat of State for Justice and Human Rights and the Secretariat of State for Indigenous and AfroHonduran Affairs, and welcomed the agreement to ensure financial and other resources to the above-mentioned bodies and to the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Human Rights. It commended efforts to investigate the cases of murdered journalists and human rights defenders and to ensure protection for the Special Prosecutor for Human Rights. It applauded the agreement to institute human rights education programmes for police, diplomats and security forces, including sensitization for dealing with members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. The United States of America was encouraged that Honduras would examine recommendations to adopt comprehensive antidiscrimination legislation to protect vulnerable groups, and wished to know what concrete steps had been taken in this regard and what actions against perpetrators of abuses against these groups had been adopted. Likewise, it was interested in knowing what concrete steps Honduras was taking to combat impunity. 527. Thailand noted with appreciation the national reconciliation plan and was pleased that Honduras had accepted all of its recommendations. Thailand welcomed Honduras’ support for the recommendation to draw up laws against trafficking in persons and hoped that Honduras would continue to work to ensure that national policies relating to human trafficking were implemented. Thailand also welcomed the efforts made to address 178 GE.11-17059