E/C.12/BLR/CO/4-6 7. The Committee regrets that the State party has not yet established an independent national human rights institution, in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles) (General Assembly resolution 48/134). While the Committee notes the establishment of governmental bodies to enhance the promotion and protection of human rights, including the National Commission on the Rights of the Child and the National Council on Gender Policy, it recalls that governmental bodies cannot replace an independent human rights institution (art. 2). The Committee encourages the State party to expedite the process of setting up a national human rights institution with a comprehensive human rights mandate, including on economic, social and cultural rights, in line with the Paris Principles, and provide it with adequate financial and human resources. 8. The Committee notes with concern that national legislation does not provide full protection against discrimination on all the grounds prohibited by the Covenant and that the prohibition of discrimination in employment is limited to direct discrimination only (art. 2, para. 2). The Committee: (a) Calls on the State party to ensure that its laws effectively prohibit and provide appropriate sanctions for discrimination in all fields of economic, social and cultural rights, in line with the Covenant provisions; (b) Encourages the State to adopt a comprehensive anti-discrimination law that addresses discrimination, including in the private sphere, prohibits direct and indirect discrimination on all the grounds set forth in the Covenant and provides for effective remedies in cases of discrimination in judicial and administrative proceedings. In this context, the Committee refers the State party to its general comment No. 20 (2009) on non-discrimination in economic, social and cultural rights; (c) Requests the State party to provide information on cases of discrimination decided by domestic courts in its next periodic report; (d) Requests the State party to undertake a study on the nature and extent of indirect and systemic discrimination in the country and measures taken to combat such discrimination and include information in this regard in its next periodic report. 9. The Committee notes with concern that the employment rate among persons with disabilities is very low, despite the measures taken by the State party to stimulate and increase employment of persons with disabilities. The Committee is also concerned that there is no legal obligation to provide reasonable accommodation in the workplace unless one’s disability was caused by occupational injury or illness (art. 2, paras. 2 and 6). The Committee recommends that the State party take effective steps to significantly reduce unemployment and enhance access to employment for persons with disabilities, including by amending domestic labour legislation to include the obligation for employers to provide reasonable accommodation in the workplace when required. The Committee also calls on the State party to ensure that measures taken in this regard effectively aim at the realization of the right to gain a living by work freely chosen or accepted. 10. The Committee is concerned that the State party has still not adopted a comprehensive national integration plan for refugees (art. 2, para. 2). The Committee recommends that the State party step up its efforts to adopt a comprehensive national integration plan for refugees with time-bound measures and 3