E/CN.4/2006/5/Add.4 page 21 109. The Special Rapporteur has observed that the government policy may have contributed to a climate of general suspicion and intolerance towards those communities on the list created by the National Assembly in 1996, of movements and groups classified as sectes. Moreover, the campaigns and other actions that have been initiated by associations composed, inter alia, of victims of criminal acts committed by these groups, have often been emotional. 110. The Special Rapporteur notes that in recent times the French authorities have adopted a more balanced approach to this phenomenon by adjusting their policy, including through the transformation of the Inter-ministerial Mission to Combat “Sectes” (MILS) into the Inter-ministerial Mission to monitor and combat abuse by sects (MIVILUDES). A number of improvements nevertheless remain to be carried out in order to ensure that the right to freedom of religion or belief of all individuals is guaranteed, and to avoid the stigmatization of members of certain religious groups or communities of belief, including those whose members have never committed any criminal offence under French law. 111. The Special Rapporteur hopes that future actions of MIVILUDES will be in line with the right to freedom of religion or belief and avoid past mistakes. She will continue to closely monitor the various efforts that are carried out by MIVILUDES. 112. The Special Rapporteur urges the Government to ensure that its mechanisms for dealing with these religious groups or communities of belief deliver a message based on tolerance, freedom of religion or belief and on the principle that no one can be judged for his actions other than through the appropriate judicial channels. 113. Moreover, she recommends that the Government monitor more closely preventive actions and campaigns that are conducted throughout the country by private initiatives or Government-sponsored organizations, in particular within the school system in order to avoid children of members of these groups being negatively affected. 114. She urges judicial and conflict resolution mechanisms to no longer refer to, or use, the list published by Parliament in 1996. On freedom of religion or belief for persons deprived of their liberties 115. While the Special Rapporteur was not able to make a thorough assessment of the status of religious freedom in prisons and other detention facilities, the information that she has obtained during her visit reveals a generally satisfactory level of respect for the religious rights of persons deprived of their liberty. 116. However, she refers the Government of France to her chapter on the freedom of religion or belief of persons deprived of their liberty in her report to the sixtieth session of the General Assembly (A/60/399) for further details about the applicable international standards. She encourages French authorities to further implement the necessary measures in line with the principles set forth in the said report.