A/HRC/25/30 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). (g) 54th session (11 February–1 March 2013) 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 12

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