A/HRC/45/2 objectives and principles of the process, particularly on its conduct in a non-confrontational and non-politicized manner. 584. Armenia was a party to almost all international human rights treaties without any reservation to their provisions. The Constitution of Armenia explicitly prohibited the death penalty. The Statute of the International Criminal Court was incompatible with the Constitution of Armenia. With regard to a recommendation on the ratification of the 2014 Protocol to the ILO Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No.29), this required further scrutiny. The existing legal framework also sufficiently regulated this area. 585. Armenia continued effective cooperation with all United Nations treaty bodies, including through submission of its reports, and had extended a standing invitation to all special procedures since May 2006. 586. Regarding a national mechanism for reporting and follow-up, the Government had adopted a decision on 20 June 2020 regulating relations between ministries and other competent bodies responsible for the implementation of the provisions of human rights conventions. These activities were coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 587. Armenia had accepted all recommendations in relation to countering discrimination, hate crime and hate speech. The Criminal Code had been amended in April 2020 to include a new article providing liability for inciting or publicly justifying hatred based on race, colour, ethnic origin, genetic characteristics, language, religion, or other views, social status, birth, disability, age or other grounds. 588. Armenia was also planning to introduce a new package of reforms on fighting hate crime and hate speech. 589. A new amendment to the Law on Police stipulated that the entrances and exits of the administrative buildings of the police units as well as the rooms used for interrogation are to be equipped with video and audio-visual recording systems, in order to prevent and detect possible cases of human rights violations, torture, inhuman or degrading treatment. 590. Along with legislative reforms, a broad range of programmes were implemented aimed at promoting gender equality, such as the Gender Policy Implementation Strategy of Armenia for 2019-2023. Armenia was also determined to accelerate its efforts to prevent gender-based violence, provide redress and appropriate services to victims of violence and support activities and programmes for their social inclusion. 591. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government was implementing rehabilitation programmes to mitigate the adverse socio-economic impacts of the crisis. Priority was attached to meeting the needs of the most vulnerable groups, including women and girls, implementing social protection measures and fighting domestic violence. 592. As a part of the implementation of the National Action Plan on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, the Government prioritized the strengthening of the gender component in the Army and the Police. 593. Armenia had supported all recommendations relating to the rights of the child and the rights of persons with disabilities. It had noted one recommendation on the presumed detention of migrant children since no such incident had ever been registered in Armenia. 594. Since the universal periodic review, it had drafted the Law on the rights of persons with disabilities. Amendments to the Constitution were also envisaged and the clause “prevention and treatment of disability” would be revised. 595. Protection of the rights of persons belonging to national minorities and preservation of their language and cultural heritage were among the policy priorities of Armenia. 100