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Discrimination will be adopted. This law, which enjoys the necessary consensus, will
incorporate the standards and recommendations of international mechanisms.
361. In addition, in June, with the opening of the prior public consultation, started the
processing of the Organic Law for the Equality of LGTBI Persons and for NonDiscrimination on the grounds of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression
or Sexual Characteristics.
362. The protection of children's rights has also been the subject of many
recommendations. Many have focused on action against all forms of child abuse. For this
reason, in June, the Government approved the draft Organic Law on the Comprehensive
Protection of Children and Adolescents from Violence, which will include in the domestic
legal system the broad definition of violence contained in the Convention on the Rights of
the Child in aspects such as physical and mental abuse and ill-treatment, abandonment,
exploitation and sexual abuse, as well as specialized training and specific procedural
guarantees for child victims.
363. With regard to Spain's efforts to reduce human trafficking, the delegation
highlighted the fundamental role played by the specialized Prosecutor's Office and the State
Security Forces. It further indicated that the Centre of Intelligence against Terrorism and
Organized Crime (CITCO) was coordinating the elaboration of a National Strategic Plan
against Human Trafficking (PENTRA), which included the fight against all forms of
trafficking. Similarly, in accordance with measure 189 of the State Covenant against
Gender Violence, the adoption of a law on comprehensive protection against trafficking
was being considered.
364. The delegation noted that many recommendations received relate to economic,
social and cultural rights. Therefore, in the area of education, a draft Organic Law on
Education was approved in March 2020, which contemplates measures to combat school
dropouts, guarantee educational inclusion or address sexual and reproductive health in all
areas of the different educational stages.
365. With regard to the recommendations related to poverty, in May 2020, the
Government launched the Minimum Living Income; a social inclusion policy based on a
social security benefit designed to eradicate poverty and promote participation in the labour
market, and social inclusion of persons in vulnerable situations. It would benefit 850,000
households and 2.3 million people.
366. The delegation indicated that Spain will continue to adopt measures to advance in
the fulfilment of Agenda 2030, to face the profound demographic changes and to protect
the environment and fight climate change. In connection with the latter issue, Spain
approved in January 2020 the Declaration on Climate and Environmental Emergency,
establishing its commitment to develop 30 lines of action to face the climate crisis and take
advantage of the social and economic benefits offered by the ecological transition.
367. Spain invited to consult the annex to the addendum, and indicated the availability of
its authorities to provide the necessary clarifications.
368. With regard to freedom of religion and belief, the delegation indicated that Spain is
in compliance with international human rights law, which are part of the country’s legal
order. With respect to social security of ministers of evangelical entities, as established by
royal decree 369/1999, all ministers of all churches part of the Federation of Evangelical
Religious Entities of Spain, have been incorporated to the country’s general social security
system. Corresponding regulations are being drawn up for ministers who could not
contribute before this date.
369. The Spanish system has been endorsed on many occasions by the European Court
on Human Rights. For example, recently, in connection with the court case of Mr. Arenas,
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