A/HRC/33/9 59. Cuba welcomed measures towards the equal rights of persons with disabilities and noted problems concerning racism, intolerance and hate speech across the political spectrum. 60. The Czech Republic thanked the delegation for its informative presentation. 61. Ecuador was concerned about gender discrimination and mistreatment by security agents against Roma, national minorities and non-citizens, including children. 62. Egypt welcomed, inter alia, strengthened guarantees of judicial independence and support for further independence and effectiveness of the national human rights institution. 63. Ethiopia commended the delegation for the annual Budapest Human Rights Forum and the commitment of the Government in establishing an interministerial working group. 64. Finland emphasized the importance of guaranteeing the right to equal education for Roma children. It expressed concern that Hungary was constructing a system in which the majority of refugees would be denied access to the territory of the European Union as a result of automatic rejections of asylum applications at the border. 65. France welcomed the Hungarian delegation and made recommendations. 66. Georgia commended Hungary for ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and for the establishment of a national preventive mechanism. 67. While seeing persisting shortcomings in Hungary, Germany welcomed the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and of the Firearms Protocol. 68. Ghana noted the adoption of a new Constitution providing a comprehensive legislative framework, which demonstrated the commitment to implement its international obligations. 69. Greece welcomed the progress made by Hungary in the field of human rights since its first review, particularly the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture. 70. Guatemala acknowledged the progress made by Hungary in strengthening human rights through national strategies in a number or areas. 71. The Holy See welcomed measures taken to prevent and combat trafficking in persons and commended the endeavours to enhance the social security of families. 72. Honduras welcomed the endorsement of the National Strategy against human trafficking 2013-2016, the law on detention of victims of trafficking and the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture. 73. Iceland deeply regretted recent amendments to the Hungarian Criminal Code that made it an offence to enter the country through the border fence. It was also concerned at the persistence of xenophobic attitudes and hate crimes towards Roma. 74. On hate speech, the delegation asserted that, until 1989, the country had been governed by a communist dictatorship under which people had no chance to express themselves freely and, at the time of the change of regime, a decision had been made to introduce a very wide definition of the freedom of expression. It was almost an absolute right, so there was only a very limited area of limitation. Various legal acts had dealt with this issue, but the Constitutional Court exercised its criticism in connection with the limitation of the freedom of expression. Nevertheless, in 2011, when the new Fundamental Law was adopted, a very important principle had been included, which was the principle of the dignity of communities. Consequently, when freedom of expression was exercised it 8 GE.16-11654