A/HRC/26/12 70. The Holy See commended the progress made in protecting persons with disabilities, children, migrants and trafficked persons, the fight against racism and xenophobia through new legislation and the ratification of international treaties. It stated that while the situation of the Roma, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers had improved, some challenges remained. The Holy See made recommendations. 71. Hungary requested an update on the challenges facing the Plenipotentiary for National Minorities. Expressing concern about the restrictive provisions of the Language Law, it urged Slovakia to adopt more comprehensive legislation on minority languages. It welcomed the ratification of CRPD, OP-CRPD and OP-ICESCR. Hungary made recommendations. 72. India welcomed the establishment of the Plenipotentiary for National Minorities. It noted that several treaty bodies had expressed concern about the limited mandate, independence and resources of the Slovak National Centre for Human Rights and continued stigmatization and discrimination against the Roma in education, housing, health and political participation. India made recommendations. 73. The delegation stated that access to family planning services had been provided to all; men and women enjoyed equal rights in family planning and had been provided with access to the necessary information in order to exercise this right. Contraceptives and other methods of family planning were widely available throughout the country and the cost could be covered by public and private health insurance based on medical justification, which enabled an individual assessment of the health risks to be taken into account, as well as ensuring effective use of public health-care funds. 74. In response to a question concerning lengthy court proceedings, the delegation referred to the resolution of 2012 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe related to judgements against Slovakia on violations of article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Committee of Minsters had emphasized that Slovakia had taken sufficient measures, including legal amendments in the period from 2007 to 2010, leading to a decrease in the length of civil proceedings since 2004. 75. The delegation stated that several measures had been taken jointly by the Constitutional Court, the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court and the Bar Association to ensure the effective enforcement of orders by the Constitutional Court to other courts to expedite proceedings with significant delays. For example, the Constitutional Court had been maintaining a register of cases which had excessive lengthy proceedings. The Ministry of Justice and the courts had taken the responsibility of monitoring those cases. Disciplinary penalties could be imposed on judges and lawyers in such cases. Additionally, the drafting of a new civil procedure code had been initiated, with the objective of introducing new mechanisms to accelerate civil proceedings. 76. The delegation provided information on the measures taken to address issues of transparency and corruption in the judiciary, including improvements in legal aid services and changes to the Law on Judges. The publication on the website of the Ministry of Justice of all decisions of the courts had become mandatory. 77. In response to a query on delays in the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, the delegation reported that Slovakia, as one of the first signatories of the Convention, had started the process of necessary legal amendments to enable the ratification of the Convention. The parliament had adopted a number of amendments to relevant laws that had been drafted based on the recommendations of international human rights mechanisms, including the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Slovakia had adopted the National Action Plan for the Prevention and Elimination of Violence against Women. A draft document on the proposal for ratification of the 11