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and families and that it evaluate the impacts, achievements and challenges of the
many integration measures taken to combat discrimination faced by minority groups
in the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights. The State party should also
take further measures to overcome prevailing discrimination of Roma in access to
employment and housing and ensure that the nationally agreed priorities on Roma are
duly communicated to the local authorities to be effectively sustained.
13.
The Committee is concerned that the lack of birth registration and personal identity
documents among Egyptian and Roma children, in particular those who have migrated,
limits their access to the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights (arts. 2, 9 and
12-14).
The Committee recommends that the State party guarantee access of Egyptians and
Roma to procedures for birth registration and personal identity documents through
steps such as exempting families who are marginalized and living in poverty from
payment of fees for birth registration and identity documents. In this regard, the
Committee also draws the State party’s attention to its general comment No. 20 (2009)
on non-discrimination in economic, social and cultural rights.
14.
The Committee is concerned that asylum seekers, refugees and persons receiving
subsidiary forms of protection do not have access to comprehensive integration
programmes, social assistance and services and housing options (arts. 2, 9 and 11).
The Committee recommends that the State party enact necessary by-laws and take
other steps to ensure the full implementation of the 2003 Law on Integration and
Family Reunion of Persons Granted Asylum in Albania and amend legislation on
social welfare to ensure that asylum seekers, refugees and persons receiving
subsidiary forms of protection have access to comprehensive integration programmes
and social assistance and services. The Committee also recommends that the Law on
Social Housing apply to refugees and those receiving subsidiary protection.
15.
The Committee notes with concern the lack of clear division of roles and
cooperation between the People’s Advocate (Ombudsman) and the Commissioner for
Protection from Discrimination in facilitating the enjoyment of economic, social and
cultural rights; the limited implementation and follow-up to the Ombudsman’s
recommendations; and the lack of allocation of adequate human and financial resources to
the Ombudsman’s Office.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Establish the division of roles and principles of cooperation between the
People’s Advocate (Ombudsman) and the Commissioner for Protection from
Discrimination in order to facilitate the full enjoyment of economic, social and
cultural rights;
(b)
Support the Commissioner’s contribution to the implementation and
follow-up of the Ombudsman’s recommendations;
(c)
Implement recommendations of the Ombudsman with regard to
observance and protection of economic, social and cultural rights; and
(d)
Provide adequate human and financial resources to the Ombudsman,
in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions (Paris
Principles).
16.
The Committee is concerned at the prevalence of gender segregation in the economy
as well as the disproportionately high unemployment of women, resulting from the
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