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Christians to renounce their faith. The situation seems to have vastly improved recently, yet
the Special Rapporteur remains concerned with individual cases and certain policies that
clearly violate freedom of religion or belief. She recommends a review of Decree No.
92/PM for the Management and Protection of Religious Activities and suggests that
explanatory policy directions be passed on to the provincial and district levels to avoid any
discriminatory interpretation. Since members of religious minorities seem to have little or
no access to higher education, the Special Rapporteur recommends extending the
affirmative action schemes, which already exist for members of ethnic minorities, to
religious minorities. Furthermore, bureaucratic controls over and impediments to liberty of
movement in the context of religious activities should be discontinued. In addition, the
State should provide the personnel of detention facilities with adequate training to raise
awareness of their duty to promote and respect international human rights standards,
including freedom of religion or belief. The Special Rapporteur also notes with interest the
Government Legal Sector Master Plan and its call for the implementation of a research
project on customary justice practices.
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