A/HRC/26/12 110.126. Focus on education as the most important part of a long term sustainable solution for the Roma population and have patience and perseverance with this work. Roma children must be given the same opportunities and not put in schools aimed at mentally challenged students (Sweden); 110.127. Strengthen efforts to include Roma children in mainstream education (Sri Lanka); 110.128. Introduce a clear duty on all schools to desegregate education and end discrimination against Romani children (Israel); 110.129. That further steps are taken in order to review existing policies and practices that lead to segregation of Roma children in schools (Portugal); adopt a concrete plan and measures leading to the abolition of segregated settings and achievement of better education outcomes for children from Romani communities (Austria); 110.130. Take measures that ensure that children of ethnic minorities can remain within the school system. In this regard, it is suggested that these measures are implemented at the level of local governments with an important number of Roma or Hungarian population residing there and that adequate follow-up of the progress is carried out in this regard (Uruguay); 110.131. Adopt and implement a sound legal framework and appropriate policies to address the issue of discriminatory practices against Roma in the education system, utilizing the definition of segregation provided by the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and of the regional court in Prešov, including measures to ensure that the court’s definition of ethnic segregation in education is disseminated and promoted to the relevant stakeholders (Ireland); 110.132. Further increase its efforts to end the segregation of Roma children in schools by tasking an appropriate authority with the clear responsibility of identifying segregation and giving schools binding guidelines to end segregating practices (Finland); 110.133. Establish a task force of relevant ministries and civil society organizations to develop a plan to desegregate Roma education and to ensure the necessary resources are available to begin implementation (Canada); 110.134. That appropriate steps are taken to ensure inclusive education in Slovak schools and to desegregate students that have been placed in special classes or special schools on other grounds than mental disability (Norway); 110.135. Intensify efforts to increase the rate of registration and participation in the educational system of Roma children (Albania); 110.136. Adopt a national strategy and plan of action to ensure access to adequate and acceptable education for Roma children (Uzbekistan); 110.137. Pay particular attention to the provision of adequate basic services to the Roma population, such as drinking water, sanitation, electricity and systems of sewage and waste disposal (Spain); 110.138. Ensure that housing policies are motivated by the integration of Roma and other marginalized and vulnerable groups and that they avoid all forms of exclusion or forced segregation (Mexico); 23

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