A/HRC/44/12 50. Qatar welcomed the incorporation of the Convention of the Rights of the Child into national legislation. 51. The Republic of Korea appreciated the measures taken to promote gender equality and combat violence against women. 52. The Republic of Moldova noted the implementation of a strategy on human rights and efforts to ensure gender equality. 53. Romania welcomed efforts to establish a national human rights institution, and increase knowledge on racism and hate speech. 54. The Russian Federation thanked Sweden for the report presented. 55. Rwanda noted efforts to combat discrimination and segregation and encouraged Sweden to enhance such efforts. 56. Senegal welcomed the strategy to prevent violence against women and the resources allocated for its implementation. 57. Serbia noted the strategy on human rights and the incorporation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child into domestic legislation. 58. Singapore acknowledged efforts to address the discrimination and marginalization of ethnic and religious minorities. 59. Slovakia noted the incorporation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child into domestic legislation. 60. Slovenia commended Sweden for its provision of support to the international human rights mechanisms. 61. The delegation of Sweden stated that the Constitution provided safeguards for the independence of the judiciary. Regarding concerns expressed about a lack of statutory time limits for pretrial detention, the delegation explained that it was used only when necessary and proportionate. It was noted that the Government had been working on proposals to limit the use of pretrial detention. Additionally, one important aspect was taking the necessary measures to ensure that the relevant authorities take full consideration of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. 62. Regarding the fight against racism, the Government had established a committee to consider the introduction of a specific criminal liability for the participation in a racist organization and a ban on such organizations. The Swedish Police Authority established a national contact point for hate crime as well as hate crime units in the three metropolitan police regions. The Government had also taken several measures to fight hate crime on the Internet and to prevent such crimes. 63. Regarding freedom of religion, the Government had increased State support to strengthen security for the premises of religious communities and to enhance security for civil society and schools. 64. The delegation reiterated the Government’s commitment to combat violence against women. New legislation concerning sexual offences – based on the principle of consent – had entered into force in 2018, when the new offences of “negligent rape” and “negligent sexual assault” had been introduced. 65. The legislative framework for combating human trafficking had been strengthened recently. Penal provisions on human trafficking had been clarified and broadened in several aspects, and the new offence of “human exploitation” had been introduced. 66. Since 2015, residence permits had been granted to over 260,000 persons in need of international protection and their families. 67. The principle of non-refoulement has been the foundation of the Swedish asylum system. In 2019, a cross-party commission of inquiry was appointed to examine the country’s future migration policy and to consider the design of the policy, with the aim of establishing a system that would be sustainable in the long term and a migration policy that would be humane, legally secure and effective. 5