A/HRC/55/51/Add.1 (j) Strengthen the Permanent Forum for Interreligious Dialogue and formally ensure the periodicity of its meetings, to enhance interaction and mutual respect, open constructive forms of interreligious dialogue and foster tolerance; (k) Include questions on the Afrodescendent identity in all future national censuses, in consultation with the interested parties, including all Afrodescendent communities, and with technical and other assistance from international and regional organizations; (l) Create an executive body, for instance, an office for Afrodescendent policy under the Office of the Presidency, in which an Afrodescendent policy officer would be assigned for each ministry, with the view to promoting the inclusion of these communities in policymaking initiatives and institutional decisions; (m) Ensure that the Paraguayan Institute for Indigenous Peoples has the financial and human resources necessary to carry out its mandate; (n) Develop and enact new legislation to ensure the equal and effective bilingualism in the use of Spanish and Guaraní languages in State institutions, services and public media and in particular in official documents and laws; (o) Take into consideration the special connection that Indigenous Peoples have with their traditional lands and, when forced evictions are necessary, follow a protocol prepared and conducted in consultation with the affected communities, in order to avoid violence and further violations of human rights; (p) Observe more carefully the traditional customs, and respect the linguistic rights of, Indigenous communities, in order to fully implement the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), and to better integrated it into judicial processes and the education system; (q) Expand the capacity of the relay centres for deaf people; these services must operate continuously, around the clock, during the whole week, to ensure the rights of users of sign languages and their equal access to vital and basic public services; (r) Set up a national formation programme for sign language teachers, aiming at the best interests of the child and taking a truly inclusive approach in education, with a view to prohibiting discrimination in education and ensuring the fulfilment of the rights of sign language users in the education system throughout the country, not only in the urban central areas. 75. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the National Institute of Statistics immediately establish a consultative committee of Afrodescendent people, with representatives of all communities, to consult and advise it on the establishment and use of the national registry to address, among other things, the grave privacy and other concerns raised by many members of the community. 76. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Ministry of Education and Sciences review policies and, if necessary, make amendments to legislation for the purposes of facilitating the use of sign language as a language of instruction and train and employ fluent users of sign language as teachers in the public education system. 77. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government of Paraguay, the Ministry of Education and Sciences, the National Secretariat of Culture, the National Secretariat of Language Polices and all other relevant governmental bodies and stakeholders establish a national campaign to celebrate and highlight the many positive contributions of all segments of society, including Afrodescendent people, Indigenous Peoples, religious and other minorities and people with disabilities, who enrich the multicultural mosaic of Paraguayan society. GE.23-23380 17

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