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The State party should take active measures, including improving legislation, to prevent
discrimination against the Roma, in particular regarding their access to education,
housing and employment, and allocate additional resources to put into effect all plans to
do away with obstacles to the practical exercise by the Roma of the rights provided for
under the Covenant. The State party should take immediate steps to eradicate the
segregation of Roma children in its education system by ensuring that the placement
of children in schools is carried out on an individual basis and is not influenced by the
child’s ethnic group.
18.
The State party should widely disseminate the Covenant, the two Optional Protocols
to the Covenant, the text of the sixth periodic report, the written replies to the list of issues
drawn up by the Committee and the present concluding observations in order to increase
awareness among the judicial, legislative and administrative authorities, civil society and
non-governmental organizations operating in the country, as well as the general public. The
Committee also suggests that the report and the concluding observations be translated into
the official language of the State party. The Committee also requests the State party to
broadly consult with civil society and non-governmental organizations when preparing its
seventh periodic report.
19.
In accordance with rule 71, paragraph 5, of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the
State party should provide, within one year, relevant information on its implementation of
the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 10, 11 and 16 above.
20.
The Committee requests the State party, in its next periodic report, to be submitted
by 26 July 2019, to provide, specific, up-to-date information on all its recommendations
and on the Covenant as a whole.
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