CRC/C/15/Add.196 page 6 express his or her views freely and to have those views taken into account according to age and maturity (art. 12) are not fully reflected in the State party’s legislation, policies and programmes at the national and local levels. 22. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Appropriately integrate the general principles of the Convention, namely articles 2, 3, 6 and 12, into all relevant legislation concerning children; (b) Apply those principles in all political, judicial and administrative decisions, as well as in projects, programmes and services which have an impact on all children; (c) Apply those principles in planning and policy-making at every level, as well as in actions taken by social and health welfare and educational institutions, courts of law and administrative authorities. The right to non-discrimination 23. The Committee is concerned that the current discriminatory attitudes towards linguistic minority communities (e.g. the Russian-speaking community), non-citizens, especially those without legal status, and other disadvantaged groups may restrict directly or indirectly the rights guaranteed under the Convention to children belonging to those groups. In particular, the Committee is concerned: (a) That there are no legislative provisions defining crimes with a racist element as racially motivated crimes, or for racist motivation to be taken into account by the courts as a factor when delivering their sentence. In this regard, the Committee is concerned at the effectiveness of measures to guarantee the security of children who may be victims of racist acts; (b) That there is no legislation at present prohibiting discrimination in housing, and access to education and public services; (c) stateless; That a high proportion of children from Russian-speaking communities are (d) That large minority groups (e.g. the Russian-speaking community, which accounts for approximately 30 per cent of the population) are disproportionately overrepresented among low-income and unemployed households, and underrepresented in public service. 24. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Take effective measures, including enacting or rescinding legislation where necessary, to ensure that all children enjoy all the rights set out in the Convention without discrimination, in accordance with article 2; (b) Study the effectiveness of the measures taken to counter all forms of discrimination;