Madam Chair, paragraph 21 of the draft recommendations states that
governments must review legislation that has a direct or indirect discriminatory
impact on religious minorities. I wish to highlight certain cases that are of
particular concern to MRG:
Across Central Asia, religion laws have put into place registration requirements that
are extremely bureaucratic and complex; alleged infringements can lead to fines and
imprisonment.
Thus, governments should review the discriminatory impact of official
procedures. We would suggest that the draft recommendation already
mentioned be amended to reflect this,