CAT/OP/BOL/3/Add.1 135. The 2017–2021 National Mental Health Plan is designed for the population in general, but in particular for at-risk and vulnerable groups, such as: • Children and adolescents of both sexes • Women of child-bearing age and expectant mothers • Members of indigenous, aboriginal, campesino and Afro-Bolivian communities • Older persons • Persons with disabilities • Other vulnerable persons, such as: children, young people and adults living in the streets, child workers, persons with dementia, women victims of commercial sexual exploitation, migrants, persons deprived of their liberty, and victims of people smuggling or trafficking in persons 136. Programming measures have been carried out in response to the Subcommittee’s observations and recommendations. For instance, steps have been taken to implement the following policies and laws: • Article 18 of the Constitution, Comprehensive Act No. 348 on guaranteeing a violence-free life for women, Supreme Decree No. 2145 regulating Act No. 348, Act No. 243 on combatting political violence and harassment of women, and Supreme Decree No. 2935 regulating Act No. 243 • General Act No. 223 on persons with disabilities of 2 March 2012 • Act No. 475 on the provision of comprehensive health-care services by the Plurinational State of Bolivia of 30 December 2013 • Supreme Decree No. 29601 on family and intercultural health • National Mental Health Plan 2017–2021 137. The aforementioned laws and decrees contain strategic focuses on comprehensive care, including measures to promote health, prevent mental disorders and provide support and rehabilitation under the Family and Intercultural Health Policy for, inter alia, children, young people living in the streets, persons deprived of their liberty and pregnant women. 138. The Ministry of Health, pursuant to Act No. 475, provides free care to persons with disabilities at all three levels of the national health system. Prisons at the national level have medical professionals who provide care to inmates and refer them to secondary or tertiary health-care facilities, where warranted by the person’s health condition. Part IV Observations and recommendations made by the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture directly related to the functions of the Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency 139. The Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency reports the following. Measures that are being taken to implement the recommendations contained in the Subcommittee’s report I. Recommendation made in paragraph 27 140. As part of the implementation of this recommendation, the Directorate-General of International Law has submitted to the Plurinational Legislative Assembly report MJTI-VJDF-DGDI No. 025/2017 (annex No. 1), in which it draws attention to the need to apply the standards of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in national criminal legislation, specifically through the new draft Criminal Code. 22 GE.18-12244

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