A/HRC/7/19/Add.2 page 23 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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