A/HRC/13/16 the rights and liberties of citizens, proclaims in its Article 13, respect for the person, its life, its personal integrity, its dignity and its full material and moral realisation, and indicated, in this regard, that women regardless of their marital status have the same rights and responsibilities as men in all orders of public, private and family life, and as well as in civil, political, economical, social and cultural areas. 58. The delegation mentioned that a criminal code exists and sanctions physical aggression and lesions of people. This code is being reformed, and gender based violence will be considered as an aggravating factor. Also, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Promotion of Women is elaborating a bill which would foresee full protection against gender based violence. Awareness-raising and training are being brought to all levels of society, to authorities and the population in general to respect the rights of women, and to eliminate violence against women. In addition, the delegation stated that in 2009, a reform of the Organic Law of the Judicial Power have been initiated, which articulates more independence and transparency of the jurisdictional bodies in their duties. In this sense, the application of the promulgated laws on torture and respect of human rights will be guaranteed. 59. The delegation indicated that the Government is carrying out intense activities to develop the country, and in order to better distribute wealth, it is improving social infrastructure and is working on the areas of productivity. In addition to efforts by the Government in all sectors, it attached special priority to human development. In this respect, the Fund for Social Development was created in 2005 with the objective to strengthen the implementation of policies to provide basic needs to people, and to achieve human development. 60. The delegation noted that for the elaboration of the national report, there was collaboration with the civil society, for instance the Family Welfare Association of Equatorial Guinea (ABIFAGE), the Committee for the Support of the Child in Equatorial Guinea (CANIGE) and the National Commission on Human Rights. 61. Also, the delegation stressed that the Government has a wide program to eliminate some interrogation procedures that agents are using with detainees. Such program includes the promulgation of legal dispositions such as the Law on prevention of Torture and the Law on Habeas Corpus; the Organic Law on Judicial power and the draft Criminal Code. Trainings and seminars are also carried out to Police and National Security Forces. 62. With regard to the independence of Judicial Power, it is guaranteed in Article 83 of the Constitution and Article 84 of this Constitution states that justice emanates from the people and is administrated on behalf of the Head of State. These two mentioned precepts justify the content of Article 86 which the United Kingdom that asked to be abrogated. This Article expressed that the Head of State is the first Magistrate of the Nation and guarantees jurisdictional independency, as far as justice is administrated on its behalf. 63. Regarding the issue of standing invitation to human rights special procedures, the delegation referred to item 9 of its National report related to the cooperation with the human rights system of the United Nations. 64. The delegation noted that there is a legal framework which regulates the right of free association, assembly as well as the right of people of not being deprived of liberty without a judicial Order. In this sense, the Law N. 5/1995 has been promulgated. This Law regulates the Habeas Corpus procedure that orders the immediate disposal of any person illegally detained before a judicial authority , to hear such person and decide on the legality of arrest and to maintain the arrest or not. 11