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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.
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