CRC/C/SRB/CO/1 page 19 (e) Request further technical assistance in the area of juvenile justice and police training from the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice and others, including UNICEF. Roma children 75. The Committee, while noting the efforts made by the State party, such as the adoption of the Law on Protection of Rights and Freedoms of National Minorities, the Committee remains deeply concerned at the negative attitudes and prejudices of the general public and at the overall situation of children of minorities and in particular Roma children. The Committee is concerned at the effect this has with regard to discrimination and disparity, poverty and denial of their equal access to health; education; housing, employment; non-enrolment in schools; cases of early marriage; and decent standard of living. The Committee is also concerned at the very low levels of participation in early childhood development programmes and day care and the deprivation of education. 76. The Committee urges the State party to: (a) Initiate campaigns, including throughout the media at all levels and regions, aimed at addressing the negative attitudes towards the Roma in society at large, including among police and other professionals; (b) Strengthen its efforts to remove discrimination and to continue developing and implementing - in close collaboration with the Roma community itself - policies and programmes aimed at ensuring equal access to culturally appropriate services, including early childhood development and education; (c) Take all necessary measures to systematically register Roma children so as to provide equal access to health services and to avoid statelessness; (d) Develop curricula units for children at school level, including in relation to Roma history and culture, in order to promote understanding, tolerance and respect for the rights of Roma in Serbian society as well as to enhance their Serbian language skills; (e) Raise awareness in the Roma communities of the value of the girl child, her right to access education without discrimination as well as her right to be protected from early marriage and its harmful impact. 8. Ratification of human rights instruments 77. The Committee encourages that the State party to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol. 9. Follow-up and dissemination Follow-up 78. The Committee recommends that the State party take all appropriate measures to ensure full implementation of the present recommendations, including by transmitting them to the members of the Government and National Assembly for appropriate consideration and further action.

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