Justice and representatives of different racial and ethnic groups in order to combat prejudice and build trust;  to ensure adequate representation of persons belonging to these racial and ethnic groups within the police and the judiciary;  to ensure respect for and recognition of traditional justice systems of indigenous peoples, in accordance with international human rights law;  to establish, in post-conflict periods, plans for the reconstruction of the judicial system and the restoration of the rule of law throughout the territories of the countries concerned, in particular through the technical assistance of the competent institutions of the United Nations United. *** 2- Measures for the protection of "victims" to prevent racial discrimination they may encounter in the functioning of criminal justice: The General Recommendation indicates the measures to be taken to protect victims at each stage of the proceedings: = At the stage of access to law and to justice, states must take the necessary measures to provide legal information to persons belonging to the most vulnerable social groups and to promote in the sectors in which they live such free counselling and legal advice, legal information centres, law centres, as well as cooperation with lawyers' associations and non-governmental organizations specialised in the defence of the rights of marginalised communities and in the prevention of discrimination. = At the stage of the collection of complaints, states are requested, for example:  to ensure that police services are sufficiently present and accessible in the neighbourhoods, regions or camps where persons belonging to disadvantaged racial or ethnic groups live, so that the complaints of such persons can be duly gathered;  to ensure that victims of acts of racism are satisfactorily accommodated in police stations, that complaints are registered immediately, that investigations are carried out without delay in an effective and impartial manner, and that records relating to racist or xenophobic incidents are kept and used in databases;  to discipline or penalize any refusal to take a complaint for an act of racism by a police officer;