A/HRC/43/15/Add.1 enforcement of the human rights of young people are stipulated in the Organisation and Financing of Education Act. 122.20 Activities for the implementation of this recommendation have already started. An inter-ministerial working group appointed by the Minister of Health is drafting an amendment to the Mental Health Act. 122.23–24 Slovenia will continue to promote gender equality, including by upgrading the legislation in this field. In 2019, Slovenia introduced amendments to the Equal Opportunities for Women and Men Act with the aim to increase the share of the underrepresented sex in the composition of the bodies of the Government and local authorities as well as in the management of bodies governed by public law. 122.28 Slovenia considers that the activities for the implementation of this recommendation are ongoing. Eliminating racism and xenophobia and preventing all forms of discrimination are stipulated in the Organisation and Financing of Education Act. For instance, in the Principals Training Centre, which provides the training for principals of both pre-school institutions and schools, their assistants and teachers, educational contents related to the protection of human rights, particularly the rights of the child, are part of a special programme. 122.34–35 See recommendation 122.28. Upon the adoption of the Protection against Discrimination Act, the Advocate of the Principle of Equality became an autonomous and independent body. The Criminal Code of Slovenia already criminalises hate speech in Article 297 (public incitement to hatred, violence and intolerance). The prohibition of incitement to inequality and intolerance is stipulated in the Media Act and the Audiovisual Media Services Act. 122.45 The ministries are implementing numerous programmes and training workshops in the form of education, promotion and prevention activities aimed at preventing public incitement to hatred and intolerance. 122.72 Several measures have already been introduced. The efforts to improve efficiency continue. Under the Criminal Code, violence in the family or any other permanent community is considered a criminal offence. A new Resolution on the national programme for the prevention of family violence and violence against women 2020-2025 is being drafted. 122.73 Slovenia considers these recommendations implemented. The backlog of court cases is no longer a systemic problem in Slovenia. In the last five years (as of the end of 2013), the number of pending cases has decreased by 56 per cent. 122.74–75 Slovenia considers these recommendations implemented. There are several provisions in the Criminal Procedure Act of Slovenia providing for the right of access to a lawyer for the defendant. 3

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