A/HRC/34/21 V. Human rights treaty bodies 52. The United Nations treaty bodies prepared a joint submission for the 2016 meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development held from 10 to 19 July in New York. The paper focused on the role of the human rights treaty bodies in supporting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. International human rights treaties are particularly relevant to the principle of “ensuring that no one is left behind”, as they focus on the rights of persons who are often left behind, including national, ethnic and racial minorities. In addition, treaty bodies have noted that inequalities are increasingly stark and can take many forms, including gender inequality, inequality on the basis of age, racial inequality, inequality between minority and majority groups and income and wealth inequality, to name but a few. A. Committee on the Rights of the Child 53. The concluding observations on the reports of Brunei Darussalam (CRC/C/BRN/CO/2-3), France (CRC/C/FRA/CO/5), Iran (Islamic Republic of) (CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4), Ireland (CRC/C/IRL/CO/3-4) and Peru (CRC/C/PER/CO/4-5), adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child at its seventy-first session, addressed issues affecting minorities. 54. The Committee recommended that Brunei Darussalam guarantee the right to freedom of religion for children and combat religious intolerance. 55. With regard to France, the Committee expressed concern over the persistence of racial discrimination, stigmatization and forced eviction of Roma children and recommended that the State party increase its budget allocation to Roma children. 56. In the case of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Committee recommended that the State party put an end to discrimination, persecution, imprisonment and ill-treatment of religious, ethnic and linguistic minorities, in particular members of the Baha’i faith. 57. Ireland was called upon to ensure that children can opt out of religious classes and have access to appropriate alternatives to these classes. The State party was also urged to take measures to address the structural discrimination against Roma children. 58. In the case of Peru, the Committee recommended that the State party ensure that children have access to information in minority languages. 59. The concluding observations on the reports of Bulgaria (CRC/C/BGR/CO/3-5) and Nepal (CRC/C/NPL/CO/3-5), adopted by the Committee at its seventy-second session, dealt with minority issues. 60. Bulgaria was urged to address negative attitudes, prevent hate speech towards Roma and facilitate the access of Roma children to social protection measures and social integration programmes. 61. The Committee recommended that Nepal ensure that children belonging to minority groups are able to access water supplies, education and health-care and social services. 62. The concluding observations on the reports of Saudi Arabia (CRC/C/SAU/CO/3-4) and Suriname (CRC/C/SUR/CO/3-4), adopted by the Committee at its seventy-third session, addressed minority issues. 63. With regard to Saudi Arabia, the Committee expressed concern over children belonging to Shia families and other religious minorities who remain subject to persistent discrimination in the State party. 12