point of entry into the judicial system and the legal profession, or national human rights institutions. These measures should not constitute reverse discrimination against the majority or weaken the overall level of competence in the organization. Measures to promote effective representation could include: i. Addressing the lack of qualifications Access to the legal and law-enforcement professions can be facilitated by offering, where relevant, legal or other relevant curricula in minority languages. Mutual recognition of academic and legal qualifications between States can also ease access to these professions for persons belonging to national minorities that may have studied abroad. Providing other courses and training, including language training, to help persons belonging to national minorities to achieve the required level to pursue legal studies and complete police academy programmes can ensure greater access to these professions. Other measures include providing law students from minority communities with opportunities to gain experience through pro-bono work and placements in legal institutions, and for students from the majority to work with minority communities. Particular attention needs to be paid to institutions providing legal training and accredited to deliver licences to practise law, such as bar associations, to ensure that students, and female students in particular, from minority backgrounds are not discriminated against. Training to that effect should be provided to these institutions. ii. Disseminating information to minority communities about employment opportunities in the judicial system (and the legal profession more generally) and national human rights institutions Such initiatives can include outreach to schools with professionals working in the judicial system and national human rights institutions to encourage pupils from minority communities to pursue such careers, promoting such initiatives together with community leaders, using relevant media to encourage applications from national minorities, and facilitating visits by young people belonging to minority communities to law-enforcement bodies, judicial and national human rights institutions. iii. Develop policies to increase diversity in the recruitment and promotion of personnel in the judicial system and national human rights institutions Such policies must abide by the principle of judicial independence and ensure that recruitment and promotion in law-enforcement, correctional, judicial The Graz Recommendations on Access to Justice and National Minorities 25