housing
were
addressed
specifically:
to
ensure
equal
rights
for
members
of
the
Roma
and
Sinti
minorities,
to
ensure
that
all
Roma
and
Sinti
children
are
enrolled
in
school,
and
to
make
efforts
to
encourage
regular
school
attendance
by
these
children
(from
Sweden);
to
investigate
all
alternatives
to
forced
evictions
of
Roma
and
Sinti
people,
including
through
thorough
consultation
with
those
directly
affected
(from
Australia).
Migration
aspects:
to
pay
special
attention
to
the
preparation,
implementation
and
evaluation
of
the
pilot
project
for
the
repatriation
of
a
number
of
Roma,
originally
from
Serbia,
currently
living
in
camps
located
in
central
and
southern
Italy,
in
order
to
facilitate
the
most
appropriate
remedies
for
the
Roma
population
in
a
dignified
and
efficient
manner
(from
Serbia).
Regarding
Roma
women,
Slovakia
accepted
to
take
more
effective
measures
to
combat
racial
discrimination,
in
particular
against
vulnerable
groups
of
women,
especially
Roma
and
migrant
women,
as
well
as
measures
to
reinforce
the
respect
of
their
human
rights
by
all
available
means
(from
Chile).
A
few
recommendations
dealt
with
the
Slovenian
minority:
implement
fully
law
No.
38-‐
01
on
the
protection
of
the
Slovenian
minority
in
Italy,
and
Law
No.
482-‐99;
Implement
fully
the
visible
bilingual
topography
in
the
Friuli-‐Venezia
Giulia
autonomous
region
populated
by
the
Slovenian
minority;
increase
the
visibility
of
Slovenian
television
programmes
throughout
the
Friuli-‐Venezia
Giulia
autonomous
region,
as
stipulated
in
article
19
of
law
No.
103-‐75;
respect
the
institutions
of
the
Slovenian
minority
by
special
treatment
and
inclusion
in
decision-‐making
processes
kindergartens,
schools
and
theatres;
Restore
Slovenian
names
to
road
signs
in
villages
in
the
Resia-‐Rezija
community
(from
Slovenia).
Noted
recommendations
were:
to
increase
efforts
to
reach
out
to
and
ensure
the
rights
of
members
of
minorities,
particularly
the
Romani
community
(from
The
United
States);
to
protect
the
Roma
and
the
Sinti
as
national
minorities,
and
to
ensure
that
they
are
not
the
object
of
discrimination,
including
through
the
media
(from
Cuba);
to
take
all
measures
necessary
to
ensure
the
rights
of
the
Roma
people
under
article
27
of
the
International
Covenant
on
Civil
and
Political
Rights,
specifically
by
amending
the
1999
Act,
which
lays
down
this
creation
of
connection
with
a
specific
territory
(from
Denmark).
Portugal
Portugal
received
19
recommendations,
accepted
18
and
noted
1.
General
recommendations
were:
to
adopt
further
measures
to
provide
police,
prison
and
judicial
staff
with
human
rights
training
with
specific
focus
on
protection
of
human
rights
of
ethnic
or
national
minorities
and
others
and
strengthen
the
accountability
of
such
personnel
for
their
proper
conduct,
particularly
when
dealing
with
cases
of
hate
crimes
(from
the
Czech
Republic);
to
collect
and
generate
disaggregated
data
on
actual
manifestations
of
racism
and
discrimination
with
a
view
to
evaluating
the
situation
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