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ethnic harmony through, inter alia, raising awareness in order to combat existing
stereotypes and prejudices against certain ethnic and religious groups
(CERD/C/NZL/CO/18-20, para. 10).
51.
Regarding the Russian Federation, the Committee condemned incidents of racially
motivated violence, particularly among young people, targeting persons originating from
Central Asia, the Caucasus, Asia and Africa, as well as Roma and ethnic minorities of the
Muslim or Jewish faith, which had even led to the deaths of members of ethnic minorities
(CERD/C/RUS/CO/20-22, para. 11). The Committee noted that ethnic minorities, on the
basis of their appearance, such as Chechens and other persons originating from the
Caucasus, Central Asia or Africa, as well as Roma, continued to be subject to
disproportionately frequent identity checks, arbitrary arrests and detention, and harassment
by the police and other law enforcement officials.
4.
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
52.
During the period under consideration, the Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women adopted its general recommendation No. 30 (2013) on
women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations. The Committee called
attention to the situation of women and girls belonging to diverse caste, ethnic, national or
religious identities, or other minorities, who are often attacked as symbolic representatives
of their community (para. 36).
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53.
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women recommended
to Cyprus to enhance its data collection system to include all forms of violence against
women, protection measures, prosecutions and sentences imposed on perpetrators, and to
conduct appropriate surveys to assess the prevalence of violence experienced by women,
including migrant women and women belonging to ethnic minorities
(CEDAW/C/CYP/CO/6-7, para. 18). The Committee expressed similar concerns in the
report on Greece, with regard to violence against ethnic minority women and the situation
of minority women living in remote areas (CEDAW/C/GRC/CO/7, paras. 8 and 21).
54.
The Committee was deeply concerned that women belonging to ethnic minorities,
such as Roma women and women with disabilities, were subjected to multiple
discrimination and exclusion in Hungary, and recommended that the State party address
those problems (CEDAW/C/HUN/CO/7-8, paras. 36 and 37).
55.
The Committee was deeply concerned about the abduction of women and girls
belonging to religious minorities for the purposes of forced conversion and forced marriage.
Regarding temporary measures, the Committee was concerned that the 5 per cent quota for
members of minority communities to be employed in the public sector was gender-neutral.
The Committee called on the State party to ensure that the local government system was
restored, that the requirement of 33 per cent of seats being reserved for women was retained
and that women from religious minorities were represented in such a system
(CEDAW/C/PAK/CO/4, paras. 20 and 37).
56.
In regard to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Committee noted the
recent adoption of the National Strategy for Gender Equality and the National Action Plan
for Gender Equality, but expressed concern at the lack of adequate national resources
allocated to the State party’s strategies and action plans aimed at eliminating all forms of
discrimination against women, in particular women belonging to ethnic minorities,
including Albanian and Roma women. The Committee recommended to the State party to
increase its efforts to prevent the trafficking of all women and girls, including Roma
women and girls. While noting the high percentage of women in the State party’s
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