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the Holocaust, in order to eliminate the negative stigma and stereotypes that Roma are
recurrently associated with.
95. The Government should develop mandatory training schemes for all law-enforcement
officials, including border guards, focusing on human rights education in general and
racism and discrimination in particular, following the successful in-house programme
developed by the Citizenship and Migration Board. A multicultural composition and
training of these officials will improve their relations with minority communities and
respect thereof. Additionally, adequate mechanisms should be put in place to identify and
punish unprofessional performance of law-enforcement officials when dealing with
minorities, in particular in cases of harassment and racial, ethnic or religious profiling.
96. The Government should strengthen its cooperation with all societal actors, in
particularly civil society organizations that have been playing an important monitoring
role for human rights violations. Civil society should be encouraged to further its work in
providing legal counsel to victims as well as access to international instruments, both at the
international and regional levels.
97. In parallel with a political and legal strategy, the Government, in cooperation with
the civil society, should adopt an ethical and cultural strategy that addresses the deepest
roots of racism, xenophobia and intolerance and is built around the promotion of
reciprocal knowledge of cultures and values, the interaction among the different
communities and the link between the fight against racism, xenophobia and discrimination
and the long-term construction of a democratic, egalitarian and interactive multicultural
society.
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