A/HRC/61/41/Add.1 Freedom of religion and belief (w) Enable the legal registration of religious minorities’ institutions, including of Christians, Muslims and Kirats, and ensure their rights to property, trusts and cemeteries; (x) Engage with faith leaders to tackle harmful cultural practices and to promote interfaith harmony between different religious communities, especially in Madhesh Province; Access to justice (y) Ensure comprehensive data collection to adequately document incidents and cases of caste-based discrimination under the Caste-based Discrimination and Untouchability (Offence and Punishment) Act; (z) Ensure prompt and effective access to justice for victims of caste-based discrimination, especially children, and the imposition of appropriate and effective custodial sentences for the perpetrators; (aa) Allocate sufficient resources to adequately operationalize Dalit Desks in every district police office across Nepal. These posts should be occupied by Dalits themselves, who are in a better position to understand the demands and needs of members of Dalit communities; (bb) Accelerate efforts to eliminate chhaupadi by enforcing the legal ban, conducting targeted awareness programmes in affected regions and engaging local leaders and young people in advocacy. Provide safe alternatives for menstrual hygiene management and integrate menstrual health education into school curricula to dismantle stigma; Linguistic rights (cc) Ensure the recruitment and availability of multilingual officers and interpreters, including sign-language interpreters, especially in district police offices where minority languages are frequently used; (dd) Ensure that forms and digital platforms are available in multiple languages to inform about one’s human rights, as well as to facilitate the lodging of complaints, including at the National Human Rights Commission and first information reports at the district police offices; (ee) Support the recruitment of primary schoolteachers who understand and speak the local minority language in communities with a presence of linguistic minority children; (ff) Ensure increased availability of sign language interpreters for government services, political processes and healthcare. 20 GE.26-01953