A/HRC/25/30 Parliament (34 per cent), the Committee remained concerned that women, including women from ethnic minorities, continued to be underrepresented in ministerial positions, in highranking posts in the diplomatic service, at the municipal level and in mayoral positions (CEDAW/C/MKD/CO/4-5, paras. 16, 26 and 27). 5. (h) Committee against Torture 49th session (29 October–23 November 2012) 57. In the report on Albania, the Committee against Torture was particularly concerned about the lack of effective efforts by the authorities of the State party to undertake effective investigations into cases of alleged disappearance of Roma children, and urged the State party to immediately engage with the Greek authorities and to promptly create an effective mechanism to investigate those cases (CAT/C/ALB/CO/2, para. 24). 58. The Committee also expressed concern regarding the continued marginalization of and discrimination against members of the Roma minority in the Czech Republic. Specific concerns regarding Roma extended to the sterilization of women without their free and informed consent, a lack of comprehensive statistics on attacks being directed against Roma, and the placement of Roma children in educational facilities for children with slight mental disabilities. The Committee recommended to the State party to protect Roma citizens and their properties against attacks, to collect ethnicity-based statistics, and to provide adequate support to women victims of sterilization and violence based on ethnicity (CAT/C/CZE/CO/4-5, paras. 11, 12, 14 and 23). 59. In regard to the Russian Federation, the Committee expressed concern at the violent attacks and abuses against Roma and other ethnic minorities, and urged the State party to take effective measures to ensure the protection of all persons at risk (CAT/C/RUS/CO/5, para. 15). (i) 50th session (6–31 May 2013) 60. In its concluding observations on the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the Committee was particularly concerned about gender violence committed against Afro-Bolivian women and recommended to the State party to adopt effective measures to prevent all forms of gender violence and prosecute those responsible and provide support to the victims (CAT/C/BOL/CO/2, para. 15). 61. Regarding the report on the Netherlands and the alleged incidents of ethnic profiling by the police and border guards, aimed in particular at foreigners and members of minority groups, the Committee urged the State party to ensure that law enforcement personnel and justice officials acted in compliance with the Convention (CAT/C/NLD/CO/5-6, para. 19). The Committee recommended that an ethnic perspective be added to statistics collected by the State party on complaints, investigations, prosecutions, convictions and sanctions in cases of torture and ill-treatment by law enforcement, security, military and prison personnel (CAT/C/NLD/CO/5-6, para. 30). 6. Committee on the Rights of the Child 62. In its general comment No. 14 (2013) on the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration, the Committee on the Rights of the Child considered that the child’s situation of vulnerability, such as belonging to a minority group, was an important element to be taken into account, not only in relation to the full enjoyment of all the rights provided for in the Convention on the Rights of the Child but also with regard to other human rights norms related to that situation of vulnerability (CRC/C/GC/14, para. 75). 13