A/HRC/31/72 or nurture inaccurate or false assumptions, opinions or generalizations on the supposed criminal tendency of a specific minority group that may develop into entrenched discriminatory attitudes and prejudices. 105. Media outlets should adopt codes of ethics and conduct for the exercise and promotion of ethical standards and be accessible in different minority languages. The participation of minority professionals in media outlets in all roles and at all levels, as well as of independent media monitoring bodies, is essential to ensure the objective and nonstereotypical portrayal of minorities. Media outlets should implement programmes to train, recruit and support media workers belonging to minority groups. They should also consider identifying focal points on minority issues in mass media and build their capacity on minority rights related issues. VII. Recommendations for international and regional organizations 106. Relevant United Nations bodies, mechanisms and specialized agencies should support Governments in identifying manifestations of implicit or explicit bias and discrimination in police operations and the administration of justice, submitting concrete recommendations and proposals for improvement, including legislative and/or constitutional reforms. In particular, international bodies that monitor detention, including the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Committee against Torture, should actively consider minority issues in their work and include minorities in their membership. 107. United Nations bodies, mechanisms and specialized agencies should utilize existing United Nations system initiatives and policy frameworks, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Rights Up Front initiative, to contribute to strengthening the United Nations system’s ability to effectively prevent and respond to the complex situations with which minorities are confronted in the criminal justice system. To that end, the work of the United Nations network on racial discrimination and the protection of minorities should continue to be supported and expanded. 108. UNODC should consider adopting a specific focus on diversity and the rights of minorities in the criminal justice system as a thematic priority within programmes and projects on crime prevention and criminal justice. 109. United Nations country teams working in the administration of justice reform processes, including security sector and police reforms should establish dedicated countryspecific structures for minorities. 110. International and regional organizations should make consolidated and integrated efforts to review and support the activities of national institutions that play a key role in combating institutional racism and discrimination and reforming the criminal justice system, for example by providing States with legal assistance in reviewing criminal legislation, including in order to make racial and other forms of discrimination an aggravating factor in criminal cases, to support, through mentoring and capacity-building, the investigation, prosecution and sentencing of persons who have committed racist or other discriminatory acts and to support research and data-gathering to inform policymaking processes. 111. International and regional organizations should assist States in designing and implementing independent oversight and accountability mechanisms for the police, the judiciary and detention facilities in accordance with United Nations standards and norms 18