A/HRC/10/11/Add.3 page 18 the main school and lack of specialist teachers and preparatory facilities for Roma. Community members and civil society representatives believe that pressure from parents and the local authorities, are a significant factor in the children’s exclusion. 64. Ministry of Education representatives acknowledge continuing problems regarding education of Roma. They agreed that significant challenges stem from local authorities and from communities that do not want the Roma to attend mainstream schools, resulting in some cases in “branches” of schools being opened for Roma. They noted their belief that a degree of separate and specialist “catch up” schooling is required prior to Roma children joining the mainstream school system, since there is not a culture of going to school among some communities and children may need assistance to integrate fully. C. Denial of justice 65. Endemic problems were identified regarding access to justice for Roma by legal and human rights groups including, police brutality, discriminatory and racist attitudes and treatment by prosecutors, and excessive delays in dealing with cases brought by Roma. Increasing numbers of cases have reached the European Court of Human Rights due to the failure of domestic remedies. European Court cases in which violations have been found relating to ill-treatment or injury by the police, absence of effective investigation and non-investigation of racial motive include: Bekos & Koutropoulos vs Greece (application 15250/02), Karagiannopoulos vs Greece (application 27850/03), and Petropoulou-Tsakiri vs Greece (application 44803/04). 66. Senior Ministry of Justice officials rejected allegations of discrimination and noted that police are often falsely accused of discrimination. Government representatives stated that if cases of police mistreatment arise they are investigated and dealt with swiftly and appropriately. In responding to questions about the lack of Roma prosecutors or judges, they pointed out that Roma lawyers could take exams to become prosecutors and judges but that Roma are not interested in such achievements. D. Integrated action plan regarding Roma under the Ministries of the Interior and Education 67. In 2002 an Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for the social integration of Greek Roma was established within a wider National Action Plan for the inclusion of socially vulnerable groups. The State has initiated policies and measures, described as “positive discrimination” targeted towards Greek Roma in housing and service provision. The IAP is coordinated by the Ministry of the Interior in collaboration with an Inter-Ministerial Committee. 68. The top priority is housing as a means of improving living conditions and combating social exclusion. A key component is a housing loans programme providing 9,000 loans of 60,000 Euros to Greek Roma currently living in low standard accommodation. Loans are provided to purchase or build a property or engage in organized town building in cooperation with local authorities. Favorable interest conditions are provided and loans can be repaid over 22 years. To-date 8,785 housing loans have been allocated. 69. Problems with the housing programme identified by civil society, include: loans can be divisive for communities in which many living in similar conditions apply but only few are