A/HRC/25/30 (c) 108th session (8–26 July 2013) 40. Regarding the Czech Republic, the Committee expressed concern about the situation of Roma children being segregated from mainstream education, and urged the State party to ensure independent, culturally sensitive medical evaluations when considering putting children, including Roma children, in special needs classes (CCPR/C/CZE/CO/3, para. 10). In addition, statistics on victims of trafficking should be disaggregated according to ethnicity (CCPR/C/CZE/CO/3, para. 16). The Committee also raised concerns about the segregation of Roma children in the education system in its report on Finland; in this regard, it urged the State party to ensure that Roma children have access to non-segregated education (CCPR/C/FIN/CO/6, para. 17). 41. On the situation of religious minorities in Indonesia, the Committee drew attention to the lack of freedom of expression and the persecution of religious minorities, and thus recommended the State party to provide protection measures to end the violence directed against religious minorities (CCPR/C/IDN/CO/1, para. 25). In addition, the State party was called upon to gather statistics on victims of trafficking according to ethnicity (CCPR/C/IDN/CO/1, para. 18). In regard to Tajikistan, the Committee requested the State party to ensure that ethnic minorities could participate in political affairs and requested it to provide data on the representation of minority groups in political bodies and decisionmaking positions (CCPR/C/TJK/CO/2, para. 25). 42. In its report on Ukraine, the Committee expressed concern at reports of hate speech, threats and violence against members of ethnic groups and religious and national minorities, in particular Roma, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Crimean Tatars, resulting in physical assaults, acts of vandalism and arson. It recommended the State party to increase its efforts to combat discrimination against Roma (CCPR/C/UKR/CO/7, para. 11). 2. (d) Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 49th session (12–30 November 2012) 43. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights expressed concern that minorities, particularly the Roma and Turkish populations, continued to be discriminated against in the areas of education, employment, health and housing in Bulgaria, and at the lack of official recognition of national minorities. The Committee recommended to the State party to eliminate discrimination against minorities and to give official recognition to national minorities under its Constitution (E/C.12/BGR/CO/4-5, paras. 7 and 23). The Committee regretted that the State party of Mauritania did not promote the specific cultural heritages of the ethnic minorities, namely the Pulaar, the Soninke and the Wolof. The Committee requested the State party to take measures for the promotion of the cultural heritage of ethnic minorities (E/C.12/MRT/CO/1, para. 32). (e) 50th session (29 April–17 May 2013) 44. The Committee was concerned about minorities in Azerbaijan, and noted that the Lezghin and the Talysh populations continued to be the victims of widespread discrimination, in particular in employment, housing, health and education. The Committee recommended to the State party to eliminate any form of discrimination and violence against minorities (E/C.12/AZE/CO/3, paras. 8 and 11). As regards Denmark, the Committee was concerned about the disadvantaged position of children of immigrants and Roma in public schools, linked to socioeconomic factors, as compared to ethnic Danish pupils, and recommended that the State party should prioritize implementation of the framework for language development and ensure that minority children are promptly integrated into mainstream public schools, and are not first educated in separate schools (E/C.12/DNK/CO/5, para. 19). 10

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