A/HRC/25/66 12. Representatives of minority communities, including associations, organizations, traditional leadership institutions, religious bodies, and other institutions freely established by religious minorities themselves according to their own tenets and traditions, should be engaged in a meaningful participatory process in all aspects of the implementation of the recommendations. 13. The Forum welcomes the information received from stakeholders on the different measures that have been taken to date to implement its recommendations from previous sessions. All stakeholders are encouraged to continue such engagement and sharing of information. III. Recommendations A. General recommendations 14. The provisions of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities should be translated by States into domestic legislation. All States should fully implement the Declaration with due regard to the situation of religious minorities present in the country. Members of religious minorities should be guaranteed implementation of the full range of rights under the Declaration, recognizing that these include, but extend beyond, the right to freedom of religion or belief. 15. States must fully comply with and implement article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, and other international standards related to freedom of religion or belief, giving specific consideration to the issues of particular concern to religious minorities, who may experience discrimination, marginalization and stigmatization and who may require greater and targeted attention in order to ensure their rights. 16. States should consider, where appropriate, special measures that address discrimination and inequality experienced by persons belonging to religious minorities. Institutional attention to religious minorities should be strengthened as appropriate to facilitate such measures and improve the mainstreaming of minority issues in national-level bodies, including government ministries or departments working on central concerns for minorities, national human rights institutions, consultative bodies and mechanisms, and other relevant national entities. B. Implementation of international standards in domestic legislation 17. States should ensure that there is no discriminatory treatment in regard to the legal and administrative recognition of all religious and belief groups. Any registration and administrative procedures, including those relating to the property and the functioning of places of worship and other religious-based institutions, should be conducted according to non-discrimination standards. International standards do not allow non-recognition of religious or belief groups to result in denial of their rights. Such standards require an inclusive approach to be taken. 18. Existing legislation should be reviewed to ensure that no provisions exist in law that are discriminatory or have a directly or indirectly discriminatory impact on persons belonging to religious minorities. Furthermore, requirements and official procedures 5