A/HRC/15/6 84.53. Reinforce measures aimed at ensuring, during this period of crisis, effective protection of the human rights of migrants, and take additional measures to guarantee access to economic, social and cultural rights for migrants, who are the primary victims of the high level of unemployment in Spain (Algeria); 84.54. Take all measures necessary to ensure that actions related to unaccompanied minors (migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, victims of trafficking) are in line with international standards (Uruguay); 84.55. Enhance its cooperation programmes with developing countries (Philippines); 84.56. Continue its cooperation with civil society organizations in the followup to this review (Austria). 85. The following recommendations enjoy the support of Spain, which considers that they are already implemented or in the process of implementation: 85.1. Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Portugal, Azerbaijan); 85.2. Provide intensive training to law enforcement officials to ensure that, in the performance of their duties, they respect and protect human dignity and maintain and uphold the human rights of all persons without distinction as to race, colour or national or ethnic origin (Egypt); 85.3. Take all appropriate steps to ensure the implementation of the Council on Women’s Participation, created by Organic Law 3/2007, in view of the important role played by non-governmental organizations and other civil society organizations in the promotion of women’s human rights and gender equality, as recommended by CEDAW (Israel); 85.4. Ensure implementation of the gender equality measures to the rural areas including for the migrant female workers (Pakistan); 85.5. Formulate and implement a national action plan against racism and xenophobia, with ample participation on the part of civil society and input from the Spanish observatory on racism and xenophobia (Bolivia); 85.6. Extend and consolidate into a national action plan its measures to combat racism and xenophobia (United Kingdom); 85.7. Develop a national action plan against racism and xenophobia (Azerbaijan); 85.8. Widely distribute information on available domestic remedies against acts of racial discrimination and the legal means available for obtaining compensation in the event of discrimination (Egypt); 85.9. Implement its intentions to adopt a national plan of action on the interests of the Roma population (Russian Federation); 85.10. Eliminate all forms of discrimination against the Roma community, migrants and religious minorities, and take necessary measures against the perpetrators of racially motivated acts against migrants and ethnic and religious minorities (Bangladesh); 85.11. Put in place appropriate mechanisms to improve the situation of the Roma minority with respect to access to education, employment and health care (Hungary); 16

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