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rights education and their concrete results, in particular with regard to law enforcement
officials as well as in schools (art. 7).
The Committee recommends that the State party redouble its efforts to ensure that
law enforcement officers receive training in human rights and in particular with
regard to the provisions of the Convention. The State party should also include human
rights education in school curricula and conduct awareness-raising campaigns on
human rights, including on racial discrimination.
National human rights institution
21.
The Committee is concerned about the selection and appointment process as well as
the lack of guarantee of tenure for the members of the governing body of the Ombudsman
which may not guarantee its independence. The Committee notes that the institution of the
Ombudsman was accredited “B” status in 2012, which demonstrates that it is not in full
compliance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the
promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles) (art. 2).
The Committee recommends that the State party bring the institution of the
Ombudsman into compliance with the Paris principles or establish a national human
rights institution in a manner that is fully consistent with the Paris Principles.
D.
Other recommendations
Ratification of other treaties
22.
Bearing in mind the indivisibility of all human rights, the Committee encourages the
State party to consider ratifying those international human rights treaties which it has not
yet ratified, in particular treaties the provisions of which have a direct relevance to
communities that may be the subject of racial discrimination, such as the ratification of the
1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the
Reduction of Statelessness.
Follow-Up to Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
23.
In light of its general recommendation No. 33 (2009) on follow-up to the Durban
Review Conference, the Committee recommends that the State party give effect to the
Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted in September 2001 by the World
Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance,
taking into account the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, held in
Geneva in April 2009, when implementing the Convention in its domestic legal order. The
Committee requests that the State party include in its next periodic report specific
information on action plans and other measures taken to implement the Durban Declaration
and Programme of Action at the national level.
Consultation with organizations of civil society
24.
The Committee recommends that the State party continue consulting and expanding
its dialogue with organizations of civil society working in the area of human rights
protection, in particular in combating racial discrimination, in connection with the
preparation of the next periodic report and the follow-up to these concluding observations.
Competence of the Committee on individual complaints
25.
The Committee encourages the State party to make the optional declaration provided
for in article 14 of the Convention.
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