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
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