A/HRC/61/41/Add.1 anti‑discrimination content into the national curriculum and eliminating all structural, linguistic and caste‑based barriers that hinder school enrolment, retention and completion; (m) Establish a comprehensive community health initiative targeting the Tharu population to combat sickle cell anaemia. This should include regular genetic screening and counselling (especially premarital and antenatal), culturally tailored health and nutritional education and improved access to diagnosis and treatment services in local health centres; (n) Ensure the realization of the right to adequate housing for Dalit, landless communities and minority communities by prioritizing inclusive housing policies and programmes. This should include targeted subsidies, land allocation and access to safe, affordable housing in both rural and urban areas. Measures must address systemic discrimination in property ownership and integrate legal safeguards to prevent eviction and promote tenure security; (o) Facilitate the integration into society of refugees, including those who have been living in Nepal for long periods of time, through the provision of essential identification documents and civil events registration, which would allow them to officially have access to public services and employment; (p) Register all refugees born in Nepal, including Tibetan children, with birth certificates so that they can enjoy their human rights and have access to higher education. This is in line with the obligation of Nepal under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which states that every child should be registered at birth and provided with a birth certificate; (q) Ensure that “overstay fines” are not used as administrative and financial hurdles to de facto prevent third-country resettlement, especially when organized in close cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Inclusive governance and effective participation (r) Develop and implement comprehensive human rights education awareness-raising campaigns for the general public, with a particular focus on promoting awareness about Dalit and minority rights. These campaigns should be prepared with civil society organizations representing minorities and Dalits and focused on fostering respect, equality and inclusion to tackle entrenched stigma related to untouchability and to transform attitudes that sustain caste-based and social hierarchies; (s) Adopt measures in the electoral process to ensure that every Nepali citizen can exercise their right to vote, free from any barriers arising from their economic capacity to reach or access a polling station, which includes facilitating their ability to vote outside of their district of origin; (t) Meaningfully engage with and listen to the needs and aspirations of minority and Dalit Generation Z movement members, through positive feedback loops and consultations, including in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the policies and programmes of the future government; (u) Enforce the policies on reserved positions on electoral lists to achieve a higher representation of Dalits and minorities in State organs; concerning these reserved positions, candidates should be selected based on merit, instead as an act of tokenism; (v) Guarantee the substantive inclusion of Dalits and minority groups in all State institutions by adopting time-bound targets, mandatory recruitment and promotion quotas, and enforcement mechanisms that go beyond existing policies on reserved positions on electoral lists to ensure equitable representation at all levels of government; GE.26-01953 19

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