A/HRC/28/15 53. Regarding the rights of the Roma population, the delegation of Slovenia recalled that Roma had special protection under the constitution and through the 2007 Roma Community Act. A national programme of measures for Roma for the period 2015–2020 was being developed to follow up on the existing one and would focus on living conditions, employment, social inclusion, health, culture and languages. 54. Recognizing the ongoing challenge of human rights and social inclusion, the delegation noted a significant improvement, owing to government efforts and those of the international community and non-governmental organizations. Dialogue between the Government and communities had improved. Targeted programmes included community policing and training for police officers, and the first female Roma police officer had entered the police force. 55. School classes were not segregated; Roma children were part of the mainstream education system. However, under the strategy for the education of Roma, Roma teaching assistants were employed to improve achievements and attendance at school, and provided a bridge between the school and national authorities and the Roma community. 56. The delegation asserted that few Roma settlements did not have access to water, following the enforcement of legislation requiring every settlement with more than 50 permanent residents to have a public water supply. Remaining problems were being resolved, following recommendations by the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation. Slovenia was considering elevating the right to water to the constitutional level. 57. Slovenia drew attention to the role of the Government Council for Issues concerning the National Communities of Members of Nations of the Former SFRY in Slovenia as a consultative body. 58. Recalling that 25,000 people had been “erased” from the register of permanent residents, Slovenia noted that their change in status had not affected their citizenship, but had had an impact on their enjoyment of the rights accorded only to residents. Thirteen thousand persons had had their status restored, while others had returned to their own nations. The Act Regulating the Legal Status of Citizens of Former Yugoslavia Living in Slovenia covered all “erased” groups and their children, including those living abroad, and the Act on Compensations for Persons Erased from the Register of Permanent Residents applied to all persons, irrespective of the success of their residence claim. The delegation recognized that the system still faced challenges, with large numbers of cases and the legislation being challenged before the Constitutional Court. However, prejudice against “erased” persons had reduced dramatically. 59. The delegation emphasized that in Slovenia, hate speech, promoting intolerance and xenophobia were crimes and resulted in prosecution; however, Slovenia did not experience a lot of hate speech against minorities or religious intolerance. 60. Returning to the promotion of gender equality, the delegation reiterated that the situation had improved significantly in the media, politics and the public sector, where 70 per cent of judges were women, but noted ongoing challenges in the corporate sector, where only 5 per cent of chief executives were women. 61. Legislation and programmes had been adopted, in conjunction with the police and social services, to combat gender-based and domestic violence and to raise awareness of that issue. 62. Italian and Hungarian minorities had special constitutional status; they were allocated two seats in the parliament and at least four public prosecutors were required to have good knowledge of either the Italian or Hungarian languages. Funding was also allocated to minority languages within the education system and the media. 8