awareness of these laws. It further recommends that the State party adopt an inclusive approach to the education of Roma children. UPR Recommendations (2012)      Continue to implement measures and programmes to promote and protect the rights of children, in particular the right to education and the right to health. Ensure adequate funding for the public education system and improve the availability, accessibility and quality of general education in rural areas. Take further steps to promote education in the languages of the national minorities, including in the areas where the number of students may be decreasing. Further ensure, in a sustainable way, the education in minority languages. Further improve the situation pertaining to minority issues, especially in the social and economic fields for the disadvantaged groups, and promote equal opportunities for them to have access to education and other related sectors at all levels. Theme 14: Cooperation with UN mechanisms Treaty Bodies  HR Committee (2013). The State party should reconsider its position in relation to Views adopted by the Committee under the First Optional Protocol. It should take all necessary measures to establish mechanisms and appropriate procedures, including the possibility of reopening cases, reducing prison sentences and granting ex gratia compensation, to give full effect to the Committee’s Views so as to guarantee an effective remedy when there has been a violation of the Covenant, in accordance with article 2, paragraph 3, of the Covenant. HRMMU 15 April 2014 Report To the Government of Ukraine:  Closely cooperate with the HRMMU and act upon its recommendations and steps needed to provide protection for persons at risk.  Enhance cooperation with the UN human rights system, including collaboration with OHCHR, in particular through the recently deployed United Nations HRMMU. To the authorities in Crimea:  Actively resolve cases of missing persons, and grant access to places of detention, including the military facilities and offices in Simferopol and Sevastopol, to all international organisations requesting it.  Grant access to independent and impartial human rights monitors, including by OHCHR. HRMMU 15 May 2014 Report To the Government of Ukraine:  Welcome steps taken to support the establishment of the HRMMU and encourage further cooperation in order to support the Government in addressing human rights concerns. OHCHR assures the Government of its on-going support in its efforts to address human rights concerns in line with international standards, and within the framework of the UN General Assembly resolution 68/262 and the Geneva Agreement of 17 April 2014. To the authorities in Crimea:  Agree to the deployment of independent and impartial human rights monitors, including by the HRMMU. HRMMU 15 June 2014 Report To the Government of Ukraine and other stakeholders:  Access for international organisations to the areas affected in eastern Ukraine by the security operations (urban areas in the epicentre of the fighting) should be facilitated so that the real needs of the population can be assessed and addressed. 191 | P a g e