A/HRC/28/17 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and had initiated amendments to the relevant legislation. Bosnia and Herzegovina had ratified the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) in 2012 and recognized the competence of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances. The Missing Persons Institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina had been established and there were efforts under way to create a new management structure for it and a fund to provide support to the families of missing persons. 8. The delegation mentioned measures that were being taken, including expansion of the number of trained officials at the entity level and improvements to the monitoring system of discrimination at the national level through the establishment of a system for collecting data on cases of discrimination. 9. As regards child protection, the delegation referred to the action plan for children and cited several policy documents. 10. With regard to inclusive education, the delegation mentioned a number of measures related to the education of Roma children, including the provision of Roma teaching assistants in cooperation with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and a number of incentives for enrolment and attendance at school. It noted that the number of children dropping out at primary and secondary level had significantly decreased. 11. The delegation emphasized that the legal and strategic documents governing education had created the preconditions for the development of a tolerant, multi-ethnic environment in schools. 12. The delegation stated that representatives of all minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina sat on the Council for National Minorities at the State and entity levels. A strategy for Roma and a revised action plan for addressing Roma issues in the areas of employment, housing and health care had been adopted in 2013, and a budget of EUR 1.5 million created for its implementation. A strategic platform to address the issues of national minorities was also being developed. 13. On the issue of social inclusion, the delegation stated that Bosnia and Herzegovina reported regularly on the problems of vulnerable groups and proposed programmes aimed at minorities, children and women victims of violence and trafficking, which were provided through the use of additional funds from the budget and the donor programmes of a number of international organizations. Protection programmes were also undertaken with domestic NGOs. 14. In relation to the right to travel documents, the delegation stressed that citizens who fulfilled the criteria under the legislation on identity cards were entitled to travel documents and significant progress had been made in implementing the relevant regional declaration (the Zagreb Declaration). 15. The delegation noted that in the last 15 years, since trafficking had first been observed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, comprehensive measures had been undertaken to prevent it. The delegation noted that a number of indicators given in international monitoring reports were consistent in their assessment that the problem persisted, but to a much lesser extent than in previous years. The delegation mentioned the adoption of the Strategy to Counter Trafficking in Human Beings in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Action Plan 2013–2015. It noted that it was based on an innovative approach, involving the full participation of civil society. 16. The delegation stated that adequate psychological, medical, social and legal assistance was provided for foreigners who had been victims of trafficking, and mentioned amendments in 2010 to the criminal code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which introduced the criminal offence of trafficking in persons, in line with relevant international standards. The 4