A/HRC/39/9 10. The Government of Germany had strongly condemned the recent anti-Semitic attacks and a Federal Government Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany and the Fight against Anti-Semitism had been appointed. 11. Refugee movements and migration had grown into a global challenge of an immense magnitude. In this regard, Germany had undertaken broad engagement within the framework of the international cooperation and had put forward concrete proposals in relation to the movement and migration of refugees. 12. The integration of refugees was an ongoing process for society as a whole and brought with it challenges. Integration had been organized in towns, local administrations, workplaces, schools and nurseries, with the participation of citizens. 13. The integration measures were aimed at achieving equal opportunity for all people who were eligible, regardless of their national, ethnic or religious origins. 14. With regard to implementing border controls in a manner consistent with human rights, police situation reports would have to be taken into consideration and in certain sections of the border the controls would focus on certain groups of people or particular means of transport. An individual’s features would not be the sole or decisive factor for police measures. The facts had to be objective and verifiable by a court. 15. Although freedom of opinion was vital to free societies, it was not unlimited. For example, German criminal law contained provisions that enabled certain forms of hate speech to be punished. 16. The State had a responsibility to protect its citizens from hate speech However, it was crucial to ensure that freedom of opinion was not impaired in fulfilling this responsibility. 17. The equality of women and girls and thus the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was a high priority for Germany. Many key human rights and gender equality initiatives had been launched for which Germany had received praise from the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. However, Germany had some way to go to achieve full gender equality in all spheres. On 12 October 2017, Germany had ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. Furthermore, additional measures would be undertaken, including further development of support services, a new programme on prevention and a nationwide awareness-raising campaign. 18. In January 2017, Germany had adopted the second action plan on implementing Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security for the period 2017–2020. Germany’s efforts had been aimed at prevention, participation and protection, the three main principles of the resolution. 19. Germany was firmly committed to the goals of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and had implemented recommendations by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in many areas. Germany was set to report to the Committee in April 2019. In 2015, an independent monitoring office had been established at the German Institute for Human Rights to oversee implementation of the Convention. 20. The governing parties had agreed that the explicit fundamental rights of children would be incorporated into the text of the Basic Law. 21. The protection of children from human trafficking, prostitution and pornography was important to Germany. Identification mechanisms were being put in place to make it easier to identify underage victims of human trafficking/child trafficking and child prostitution. 22. Germany was keen to create a society that welcomed, respected and accepted sexual and gender diversity. In June 2017, marriage was made possible for same-sex partners. 23. In recent years, Germany had intensified its efforts to implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Federal Participation Act, which improved the situation for individuals with disabilities, had been developed in line with that Convention, 3