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).
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