A/HRC/41/41/Add.4 (d) Ensure that all law enforcement officers receive systematic training on the use of force, especially in the context of demonstrations, and the employment of non-violent means for crowd control; (e) Increase efforts to ensure the implementation of the recommendations issued by the Human Rights Committee (CCPR/C/ARM/CO/2) and by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe related to the prompt, impartial and effective investigation of all pending cases of violations to the right to peaceful assembly, the prosecution of perpetrators and redress for victims and their families;15 (f) Further ensure that all allegations of excessive use of force against protesters by the security forces are promptly, thoroughly and independently investigated, and that the alleged perpetrators are prosecuted and sanctioned and adequate remedy is provided to the victims; (g) Ensure that those monitoring assemblies, including journalists, media workers and human rights defenders, are protected at all times during assemblies and that violations are duly investigated; (h) Ensure the safe exercise of the right to peaceful assembly by groups that are most at risk, such as national and religious minorities, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups, children and women. 137. With regard to the right to freedom of association, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government of Armenia: (a) Ensure that existing legislation dealing with the right to freedom of association is coherent and in accordance with international law and standards, particularly in relation to reporting requirements, the right to privacy and suspension or dissolution of associations, and avoid enacting regressive regulations in the future; (b) Consider whether the State Revenue Committee is the authority best placed to monitor NGOs; (c) Ensure that all administrative authorities dealing with the right to association are duly trained on international human rights standards in order to create a favourable and enabling environment for civil society; (d) Increase efforts to ensure that a meaningful proportion of public funds is allocated, in an accessible, transparent and inclusive way, to a wide range of civil society organizations representing diverse views of society; (e) Continue enlarging the civic space for a wide range of civil society actors by combating hate speech and incitement to hatred towards minority groups and condemning the use of discriminatory statements in public discourse, including by public figures; (f) Ensure that the security and safety of civil society actors, including human rights defenders, when reasonably required, is provided without unduly restricting their right of freedom of association; (g) Increase efforts to promote the rights to form and join strong trade unions that could assist workers in claiming rights and better working conditions and ensure the full implementation of the recommendations laid out in the reports of the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations. 138. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the representatives of the international presence in Armenia and donors continue to support the work of civil society organizations in a mutually understanding way. 15 18 See reports by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, 20 March 2008 (CommDH (2008)11); 29 September 2008 (CommDH (2008)29); 9 May 2011 (CommDH (2011)12) and 10 March 2015 (CommDH (2015)2).