A/HRC/19/60/Add.1 In this context, the Special Rapporteur encourages the Government (a) to ensure that the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of religion or belief is implemented in a thorough and systematic manner, including in questions of financial subsidies for denominational institutions, such as universities run by one particular religious community; (b) to reconsider and reform the existing requirement of annual registration of non-Catholic religious or philosophical communities; (c) to continue to support the Interreligious Forum, initiated in 2009, while ensuring the open and transparent participation of all interested groups and sectors of society, including of indigenous peoples; (d) to pay systematic attention to possible regional de facto monopolies of denominational schools run by one particular religious community, especially in rural areas, where public, non-denominational schools are rare; (e) to critically review existing regulations concerning official ceremonies in the police, the military and other State institutions with a view to ensure that no member of those institutions is urged, de jure or de facto, to attend religious practices against their will; (f) to pay more systematic attention to the structural vulnerability of members of indigenous peoples, especially in rural areas; and (g) to continue to recognize the right to conscientious objection in law and practice, including through the independent functioning of the newly established National Council on Conscientious Objection, ensuring a fair and transparent procedure and avoiding any punitive effects within the alternative non-military public service. 2

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