A/HRC/26/44 119. Architectural accessibility is of concern, and the exact number of facilities architecturally accessible for the disabled remains unavailable. 120. Access to justice is dependent on a court assessment and a decision about the health of the individual; based on this, a person is invited to trial. In 2013, two cases on a barrierfree environment were considered in court, with both being won by the complainants. Despite this, the architectural barriers have not been removed due to the officers’ inaction and inefficiency of the judicial system. R. Gender 121. Belarus has been called upon to mainstream gender perspectives and ensure an approach to all policies ensuring gender equality, including combating stereotypical social roles and providing training to teachers, parliamentarians, judiciary, law enforcement personnel and women themselves.95 NGOs report that efforts are underway in this field but that more needs to be done. 122. In order to redress the lack of an institutional framework to promote the integration of women into civil society and economic and political life,96 successive recommendations by international human rights mechanisms have referred to the need to improve women’s situation in the labour market, increase representation in senior positions and Government, and address the persistent pay gap by combating segregation in employment and obstacles to equal career prospects.97 Similarly, there have been calls to undertake a legislative review, introducing anti-discrimination legislation and creating adequate judicial remedies.98 123. The Special Rapporteur highlights the need to introduce criminal legislation on domestic violence and marital rape, providing victims with immediate protection, long-term rehabilitation and broader awareness-raising, and relevant training for judges, lawyers, law enforcement agencies, social workers and the public at large.99 S. Minorities 1. Ethnicity 124. Belarus has been urged to work towards coordination of media to promote stable relations among ethnic groups (A/HRC/15/16, para. 97.51). Appropriate measures suggested, and not implemented to date, involve establishing an independent human rights institution,100 human rights training (CERD/C/65/CO/2, para. 14), introducing judicial remedies and informing the public of their availability,101 accepting discrimination as basis for lawsuits,102 ensuring equal access to education (A/HRC/15/16, para. 98.14),103 defining 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 A/59/38, paras. 337–342; CEDAW/C/BLR/CO/7, paras. 14 and 18; A/55/38, para. 362. A/HRC/15/16, para 97.5; A/55/38, para. 356; A/59/38, para. 343; CEDAW/C/BLR/CO/7, para. 24. E/C.12/BLR/CO/4-6, paras. 11(b) and 12; E/CN.4/2006/36, para. 66; A/55/38, paras. 355, 359 and 365–366; A/59/38, paras. 351–352 and 357–358; CEDAW/C/BLR/CO/7, para. 32; A/HRC/15/16, paras 97.42–97.43; E/C.12/1/Add.7/Rev.1, para. 23; A/HRC/4/16, para. 43. A/HRC/23/52, paras. 95–99; A/55/38, para. 360; A/59/38, paras. 333–336; CEDAW/C/BLR/CO/7, para. 12. CAT/C/BLR/CO/4, para. 22; A/55/38, paras. 369–370; A/59/38, paras. 347–348; CEDAW/C/BLR/CO/7, para. 20. CERD/C/65/CO/2, para. 13; CERD/C/BLR/CO/18-19, para. 15. CERD/C/65/CO/2, para. 12; E/C.12/BLR/CO/4-6, para. 8(a)–(b); CERD/C/BLR/CO/18-19, para. 13. CERD/C/BLR/CO/18-19, para. 9; A/HRC/23/52, para. 96. 21