A/HRC/26/12 women and domestic violence. It remained concerned that Roma people still face discrimination, suffer social stigmatization and exclusion and at the high drop-out rate from school of Roma children. Albania made a recommendation. 34. Algeria welcomed the ratification of CRPD, the establishment of the Plenipotentiary for National Minorities and the adoption of the Strategy for Roma Integration. It encouraged adoption of the strategy that was under consideration to promote and protect human rights. It was concerned about growing racial discrimination and about leaders known to be anti-Roma acceding to key local authority positions. Algeria made recommendations. 35. Angola noted the ratification of international human rights instruments since the last review and commended the establishment of the Committee for the Prevention and Elimination of Racism, Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism and Other Forms of Intolerance, amendments to anti-discrimination legislation and the provision of compensation for victims of violence. Angola made a recommendation. 36. Argentina welcomed ratification of CRPD, OP-CRPD and OP-ICESCR. It commended the amendment of the Criminal Code and the Anti-discrimination Act as essential steps to combat and prevent racial discrimination. Argentina made recommendations. 37. Australia welcomed progress on ensuring the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons. It acknowledged the adoption of the Strategy for Roma Integration, but remained concerned about the exclusion of and violence against the Roma. It noted media concerns over judicial corruption and commended the establishment of a judicial reform task force. Australia made recommendations. 38. Austria commended Slovakia for the numerous efforts undertaken since the last review. It was, however, concerned about the pace of implementation of the Strategy for Roma Integration. Austria made recommendations. 39. The delegation stated that the improvement in the situation of the Roma remained among the priorities of the Government. In 2012, the Strategy for Roma Integration up to 2020 was approved to address the challenges of social inclusion of Roma communities. The Revised National Action Plan of the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005–2015 (updated for 2011–2015) was considered as the action plan of the Strategy in four priority areas: education, employment, health and housing. The Strategy had envisaged cooperation with civil society, including cooperation with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working on the rights of the Roma. The Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Roma Communities was assigned to supervise the implementation of specific policies, programmes and projects of the Strategy. 40. Segregation based on ethnicity and discrimination was explicitly prohibited by the Anti-discrimination Act and by the School Act. The domestic legal framework provided full guarantees for the equal treatment of all children in education regardless of their ethnic or other origin. A number of systematic measures had been adopted to promote education, including free preschool education, specialized classes with compensatory and development programmes, financial assistance and subsidies for children of parents in material need. The Ministry of Education had adopted two internal regulations that clearly instructed schools and school facilities to refrain from any form of discrimination, exclusion or segregation of children. 41. The delegation responded to a question regarding the court judgment concerning the segregation of Roma children in a school in eastern Slovakia. As a follow-up to the ruling of the court, concrete measures aimed, inter alia, at promoting the integration of children, in particular in school canteens and school yards, had been adopted. 7