All
the
other
accepted
recommendations
referred
to
the
situation
of
Roma
and
included:
to
pay
particular
attention
to
Roma;
continue
address
their
socio-‐economic
inequalities;
reinforce
its
policies
and
strategies
and
take
measures
to
eliminate
all
sorts
of
discrimination
against
them;
provide
for
efficient
administrative
procedures
to
make
use
of
the
significant
financial
means
available
through
European
Union
funds
and
other
sources
for
projects
supporting
the
development
of
the
Roma
and
provide
incentives;
develop
programmes
to
effectively
improve
access
to
health
services,
to
ensure
that
children
have
equal
and
adequate
access
to
education,
health
and
other
services;
to
continue
efforts
to
change
the
stereotype
and
traditional
perception
of
Roma
by
the
majority
population
(from
Angola,
Argentina,
Austria,
Bangladesh,
Brazil,
Iran,
Switzerland,
Slovenia,
South
Africa,
Jordan,
Malaysia,
Netherlands,
Singapore,
Turkey).
Slovakia
also
accepted
regarding
hatred
against
Roma:
to
effectively
investigate
all
reported
cases
of
harassment
of
members
of
the
Roma
by
the
police
forces
(from
Austria);
organize
targeted
vocational
training
programmes,
in
particular
for
young
people,
to
increase
the
employability
of
the
members
of
the
Roma
community
and
improve
their
access
to
the
labour
market
(from
Austria);
conduct
thorough
criminal
investigation
and
prosecution
of
the
police
officers
involved
in
the
mistreatment
of
six
Roma
minors
in
Kosice
(from
the
United
States);
to
reinforce
measures
to
combat
incitement
to
discrimination
and
racial
violence
including
through
criminal
prosecution
of
those
involved
in
violence
against
minorities
and
immigrants,
and
provide
adequate
reparation
for
the
victims
of
such
acts
(from
Angola);
to
effectively
apply
legal
and
other
measures
to
protect
Roma
and
other
minorities
from
violence
and
police
mistreatment
and
establish
a
strategy
to
prevent
xenophobic
acts
and
violence
involving
ethnic
or
other
minorities
in
consultation
with
relevant
partners
(from
Canada);
to
intensify
its
actions
to
address
the
problem
of
racially
motivated
crimes
and
excessive
use
of
force
by
police
against
the
Roma
community
and
persons
belonging
to
other
vulnerable
groups
(from
the
United
Kingdom).
Several
recommendations
focused
on
Roma
education:
to
take
concrete
measures
to
improve
the
realization
of
the
right
to
education
by
the
Roma
children,
taking
also
into
account
special
education
needs
(from
Finland)
and
adopt
time-‐bound
measures
to
increase
access
for
Roma
children
to
inclusive
education
in
mainstream
schools
(from
New
Zealand).
Two
recommendations
were
about
Roma
women
in
particular:
to
take
effective
measures
to
eliminate
forms
of
discrimination
against
Roma
women
and
girls
(from
Brazil)
and
to
step
up
its
efforts
to
tackle
the
root
cause
of
discrimination
and
violence
against
the
Roma
population,
especially
women
and
children
(from
the
Republic
of
Korea).
Noted
recommendations
were:
to
inact
and
implement
new
legislation
as
well
as
practical
measures
to
end
discriminatory
practices
against
Roma
children
in
the
education
system
perpetuating
their
segregation,
and
to
establish
practical
measures
to
resolve
the
issue
of
Roma
children
being
placed
into
special
schools
for
disabled
children
(from
Austria,
Japan
and
New
Zealand);
guarantee
that
no
women
belonging
to
minority
groups,
including
Roma,
can
be
subject
to
practices
of
forced
sterilization,
that
victims
of
such
practices
are
provided
with
the
necessary
reparation,
take
concrete
steps
to
investigate
the
allegations,
including
legal
action,
and
to
prevent
reoccurrence
of
the
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