A/70/255 and subregional organizations and civil society to prevent or halt atrocity crimes under each of the three pillars of the responsibility to protect. IV. Human rights treaty bodies 33. Throughout the reporting period, human rights treaty bodies addressed recommendations to States relating to minority issues as part of the regular reporting on the implementation of treaty obligations, and suggested further measures that States should take in order to comply with their treaty obligations. A. Concluding observations 34. The Human Rights Committee at its 110th session, held from 10 to 28 March 2014, adopted concluding observations on periodic reports of countries, including Kyrgyzstan, Latvia and the United States of America. The Committee noted efforts by Kyrgyzstan to integrate minorities into political and public life, but remained concerned about the low level of representation of minorities in political and public institutions, both at the national and the local level (see CCPR/C/KGZ/CO/2). As regards the concluding observations on the third periodic report of Latvia, the Committee addressed questions of the status of “non-citizen” residents and the situation of linguistic minorities in the country (see CCPR/C/LVA/CO/3). With regard to the United States of America, the Committee remained concerned about the practice of racial profiling and surveillance by law enforcement officials targeting certain ethnic minorities, notably Muslims (see CCPR/C/USA/CO/4). 35. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at its fifty -second session, held from 28 April to 23 May 2014, adopted concluding observations on, inter alia, the second periodic report of China, including Hong Kong, China, and Macao, China. The Committee expressed concern that, despite the measures adopted by Hong Kong to ensure equal access to 12 years of free education, children of ethnic minorities continued to face discrimination. The Committee recommended that Hong Kong ensure, through legislative and other measures, that all children, including ethnic minority children, had free access to compulsory education on an equal basis with other children (see E/C.12/CHN/CO/2). 36. At its fifty-fifth session, held from 1 to 19 June 2015, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights considered, inter alia, the third periodic report of Ireland on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and recommended that the State party expedite its efforts to give legal recognition to Travellers as an ethnic minority and include them as an ethnic minority in anti-discrimination legislation (see E/C.12/IRL/CO/3). 37. Also at its fifty-fifth session, the Committee considered the combined second and third periodic reports of Kyrgyzstan and recommended that the State party allocate specific budgetary resources to promote the cultural diversity of ethnic minorities, allow mother tongue education and minority language press, and enable all groups to express and develop their culture, language, traditions and customs. (see E/C.12/KGZ/CO/2-3). 38. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at its eighty -fourth session, held from 3 to 21 February 2014, reviewed, inter alia, the combined seventh, 15-12580 9/14