children  and  newborns,  including  those  of  Roma  origin,  in  line  with  the   recommendations  of  the  Committee  on  the  Rights  of  the  Child  (Mexico).       The  recommendations  that  were  noted  included:  to  gather  statistics  on  the  various   groups  accessing  public  services  in  order  to  obtain  an  accurate  picture  of  the  use  of   services  by  different  minorities  (from  the  United  Kingdom);  to  take  concrete  action  to   bring  to  justice  those  who  committed  human  rights  violations  against  the  members  of   the  Turkish  minority  and  to  address  the  impediments  faced  by  the  Turkish  minority  in   exercising  its  religious  freedoms  (from  Turkey);  to  enshrine  in  its  Constitution  the   protection  of  rights  of  national  and  ethnic  minorities  (Nigeria);  and  to  fully  implement   the  obligations  from  the  Framework  Convention  for  National  Minorities  of  the  Council   of  Europe  and  allow  the  registration  of  OMO  Ilinden  PIRIN  and  allow  fully  enjoyment  of   all  rights  to  the  Macedonian  minority  and  other  minorities,  by  fulfilling  cultural  and   other  related  rights  (from  Macedonia  FYR).         Croatia       Croatia  received  29  recommendations,  accepted  28  and  noted  1.       General  recommendations  included:  to  undertake  measures  to  improve  the  quality,   capacity  and  effectiveness  of  the  justice  system  to  prevent  the  abuses  of  the  rights  of   national  minorities  (from  Serbia);  to  take  further  measures  to  combat  discrimination   against  minorities  and  ensure  that  they  are  genuinely  put  into  practice  in  the  field  (from   Switzerland);  to  ensure  the  effective  implementation  of  the  Constitutional  Law  on  the   Rights  of  National  Minorities,  and  take  additional  measures  to  ensure  the  effective   integration  of  minorities  into  society  (from  Austria);  to  continue  positive  efforts  with  a   view  to  promoting  equality  and  nondiscrimination  against  different  national  minorities   (from  Cuba);  to  take  necessary  measures  to  guarantee  and  continue  providing  free  legal   aid  to  the  most  vulnerable  citizens  (from  France,  Pakistan  and  Occupied  Palestinian   Territory);  to  strengthen  effective  and  transparent  measures  to  prevent  and  punish  all   forms  of  discrimination  against  minorities  (from  Mexico);  to  take  measures  aimed  at  fair   and  adequate  representation  of  all  minority  groups  in  all  public  bodies,  including  the   judiciary  and  human  rights  coordination  bodies  at  the  country  level  (from  Poland);  to   tailor  and  design  tuition  in  special  schools  on  the  basis  of  the  child's  individual  needs   rather  than  ethnicity  (from  Finland);  and  to  adopt  measures  aimed  at  strengthening  the   work  of  the  Council  of  National  Minorities  so  as  to  address  the  situation  of  particularly   vulnerable  racial  and  ethnic  groups  (from  Argentina).       Specific  recommendations  on  the  Roma  population  included:  to  give  special  attention  to   educating  Roma  girls,  many  of  whom  are  often  unable  to  finish  school  because  of  their   gender  (from  Finland);  to  continue  the  main  measures  adopted  to  eliminate   discrimination  against  the  Roma  minority,  as  contained  in  the  Action  Plan  for  the   Decade  of  Roma  Inclusion  2005-­‐2015  (from  Spain);  to  promote  greater  tolerance  and   43  

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