 to ensure that the general principle of proportionality and strict necessity for the use of force against persons belonging to racial or ethnic minorities is respected;  to guarantee to all arrested persons, whatever their racial, national or ethnic affiliation, the enjoyment of all the procedural rights enshrined in international conventions;  to ensure that persons who are placed in administrative detention centres or waiting areas at airports enjoy sufficiently decent living conditions. = At the stage of pre-trial detention:  Considering the data showing an excessively high number of non-nationals and persons belonging to racial or ethnic minorities among pre-trial detainees, states are requested to ensure that:  simple membership of a racial or ethnic group should not be sufficient reason, de jure or facto, to place a person in pre-trial detention before judgment;  to apply in an appropriate manner the requirement of a security or financial guarantee in the situation of persons belonging to racial or ethnic minorities, who are often in a precarious economic situation;  assesse with the guarantees of representation often required of pre-trial detainees as a condition for their continued release (fixed residence, declared work, stable family ties) considering the precarious situation that may result from their belonging to racial or ethnic minorities;  persons belonging to racial or ethnic minorities who are incarcerated before trial must enjoy all the rights recognized by the relevant international standards, especially rights specially adapted to their situation: the right to respect for their religious, cultural and the right to family relations, the right to the assistance of an interpreter, the right to consular assistance, where appropriate. = At the trial and trial stage: States are required to ensure the enjoyment of all persons belonging to racial or ethnic minorities, as well as to all persons, all the guarantees of fair trial and equality before the law as enshrined in international relevant instruments on human rights: the right to the presumption of innocence; the right to free counsel and interpreter assistance for persons belonging to disadvantaged groups, in particular racial or ethnic minorities; the right to an independent and impartial tribunal, prohibiting any racial or xenophobic prejudice by the magistrates, jurors and other judicial personnel. The General Recommendation invites States to take into account the "Bangalore Principles on Judicial Conduct" adopted in 2002 (E / CN.4 / 2003/65), which recommend, in particular, that judges should be aware of the diversity of Society and racial or other differences, that they do not show bias in their speech or behaviour towards persons or groups of persons based on their racial