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protection and full respect for the rights of all refugees and asylum-seekers
(Canada);
91.54. Build on existing efforts to facilitate integration of immigrants and
refugees, including by fully implementing its multiyear program for the
integration of third-country nationals (Canada).
92.
The following recommendations enjoy the support of Latvia, which considers
that they have already been implemented or are in the process of implementation:
92.1. Strengthen the Ombudsman’s capacity to investigate and act on
allegations of discrimination in all its forms (United Kingdom);
92.2. Support the Office of the Ombudsman and recognize its competency in
all matters relating to equal treatment for all inhabitants, and comply with the
principle of non-discrimination (Ecuador);
92.3. Take all necessary measures to establish a national human rights
institution according to the Paris Principles (Czech Republic);
92.4. Establish its national human rights institution to be fully adapted to the
Paris Principles, with a broad and clear legal mandate and sufficient financial
resources (Spain);
92.5. Integrate all groups that constitute Latvian society in national socioeconomic plans (Islamic Republic of Iran);
92.6. Take into account human rights education and training in its national
education and training programs (Morocco);
92.7. Take advantage of the substantial expertise that civil society
represents, and enter into regular consultations with NGOs on human rightsrelated issues, including the follow-up of the recommendations of the various
United Nations treaty bodies (Norway);
92.8. Include provisions in domestic legislation to prohibit discrimination in
all areas, including especially discrimination based on national origin, ethnicity,
language or linguistic groups; adopt necessary civil and administrative
measures to guarantee the elimination of all forms of discrimination against all
persons, especially those from ethnic or linguistic groups, who constitute more
than one third of the population of Latvia (Ecuador);
92.9. Adopt specific economic, social and cultural measures to combat
discrimination and promote equal opportunities for disadvantaged and
marginalized individuals and groups (Islamic Republic of Iran);
92.10. Codify the prohibition of the propaganda for xenophobia, antiSemitism, neo-Nazism, and provide for criminal liability for such acts and
establish racism as an aggravating circumstance (Russian Federation);
92.11. Strengthen its criminal legislation on domestic violence to notably
make sure that such violence is considered as an aggravating circumstance
(France);
92.12. Adopt the necessary legislative measures in the Criminal Code to
define domestic violence and criminalize marital rape as a specific crime
(Mexico);
92.13. Develop an early-warning system by raising public awareness of the
risks associated with migration and fictitious marriages (United Kingdom);
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