E/C.12/HUN/CO/3 page 4 22. The Committee is deeply concerned that one-fifth of the Roma in the State party live in slum settlements, often without access to running water, adequate sewerage or located close to municipal dumpsites, and that Roma are frequently denied access to social housing, e.g. on the ground that they previously occupied accommodation without legal title or as a result of the distribution of social housing by local governments through public auction at high prices. It is particularly concerned about the increasing number of forced evictions of Roma, often without provision of adequate alternative housing, and about the Constitutional Court’s ruling that the need to implement eviction orders takes precedence over the right of children not to be separated from their families and placed in the State care system. 23. The Committee is concerned about the limited access to general practitioners and healthcare services in the State party, especially in rural areas. 24. The Committee notes with concern that every sixth man and every eleventh woman in the State party has mental health problems and that the suicide rate in the State party is among the highest in the world, especially among women. 25. The Committee is concerned that the average life expectancy of Roma is more than ten years shorter than that of non-Roma, and that Roma are reportedly often denied access to health services, including emergency aid services; segregated in hospitals; and discriminated by health practitioners who allegedly provide medical services of lower quality to them or extort unjustified amounts of money from them. 26. The Committee is concerned about reports on aggressive behaviour and easy access to drugs and alcohol among school children in the State party. 27. The Committee is deeply concerned about the high number of Roma children segregated in separate schools, such as special remedial schools for children with mental disabilities, or in separate substandard “catch-up” classes within schools, and that mainstream schools frequently put pressure on Roma parents to apply for private student status for their children. It is also concerned about the high dropout rate among Roma students at the secondary level and about their low enrolment in higher education. 28. The Committee is concerned about the limited opportunities for minorities, including for the Roma, to receive instruction in, or of, their native language and of their culture. 29. The Committee is concerned that the minority self-governments are insufficiently funded to discharge their responsibilities in the co-administration and co-management of educational and cultural institutions. E. Suggestions and recommendations 30. The Committee recommends that the State party take legislative and other appropriate measures to ensure the direct applicability of all Covenant rights in domestic courts, that legal and judicial training take full account of the justiciability of these rights, and that it promote the use of the Covenant as a source of domestic law. It draws the attention of the State party to general comment No. 9 (1998) on the domestic application of the Covenant and invites it to