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Rights-Based Approaches to Programming (hrbaportal.org). The Portal brings together a
wide range of resources designed to assist practitioners working at the country level to
integrate human rights-based approaches into their programming work.
IV. Human rights treaty bodies
30.
Human rights treaty bodies addressed minority issues throughout the period under
review.
A.
Concluding observations
31.
The Human Rights Committee, at its 113th session, adopted its concluding
observations on Croatia (CCPR/C/HRV/CO/3) and the Russian Federation
(CCPR/C/RUS/CO/7). With regard to Croatia, the Committee expressed concern about the
practice of ethnic profiling by law enforcement officials targeting certain ethnic minorities,
particularly Roma, and about the continued reports of hate attacks against members of
ethnic minority groups, particularly Roma and Serbs. With regard to the Russian
Federation, the Committee recommended that the State party should strengthen its efforts to
combat all acts of racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism, including in
political discourse and in mass media.
32.
At its 114th session, the Committee adopted concluding observations on France
(CCPR/C/FRA/CO/5), Spain (CCPR/C/ESP/CO/6), the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland (CCPR/C/GBR/CO/7) and Uzbekistan (CCPR/C/UZB/CO/4). In the
case of France, the Committee recommended that the State party should put an end to
forced evictions of Roma migrants. Regarding Spain, it expressed concern at the practice of
police checks based on racial and ethnic profiling against certain ethnic minorities, in
particular Roma. With regard to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
the Committee noted a recent increase in the number of hate incidents and crimes on the
basis of race, nationality or religion, and expressed concern about the prevalence in the
media and on the Internet of racist and xenophobic expressions that may amount to
incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence. In the case of Uzbekistan, the Committee
recommended that the State party should bring its legislation into conformity with article 18
of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, including through the
decriminalization of proselytism and other missionary activities. It should also investigate
all acts of interference with the freedom of religion of independent Muslims, Christians and
other minority religions practising their religion outside registered structures.
33.
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, at its fifty-fourth session,
adopted its concluding observations on Tajikistan (E/C.12/TJK/CO/2-3). The Committee
expressed concern at the decreasing number of classes provided in the languages of ethnic
minorities and of students attending schools where the teaching is given in the languages of
ethnic minorities. At its fifty-fifth session, the Committee adopted its concluding
observations on Ireland (E/C.12/IRL/CO/3) and Kyrgyzstan (E/C.12/KGZ/CO/2-3). It
recommended that Ireland should expedite its efforts to give legal recognition to Travellers
as an ethnic minority and to include them as an ethnic minority in anti-discrimination
legislation. With regard to Kyrgyzstan, the Committee recommended that the State party
should allocate specific budgetary resources to promote the cultural diversity of ethnic
minorities, allow mother tongue education and minority language press, and enable all
groups to express and develop their culture, language, traditions and customs.
34.
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, at its sixtieth
session, adopted its concluding observations on Denmark (CEDAW/C/DNK/CO/8). It
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