A/HRC/29/13 structural discrimination and inequality faced by immigrants, and minority groups, including Afro-Swedes and Muslims (Bangladesh);1 146.31. Take steps for eliminating religious and racial profiling faced by minorities including Muslims, Roma people and Afro-Swedes and prosecute perpetrators of xenophobic crimes (Pakistan); 146.32. Adopt measures against ethnic profiling and prevent any collection of personal data on the basis of ethnic origin without the prior consent of those concerned (Czech Republic); 146.33. Remove all ethnic profiling in the working methods of the police and other officials responsible for law enforcement (Mexico); 146.34. Take measures to rapidly end the unlawful use of force by the police (Russian Federation); 146.35. Intensify efforts in fighting the root causes of violence against women by paying special attention to addressing alcohol and drug abuse (Greece); 146.36. Strengthen its investigations of sex crimes committed overseas by Swedish nationals and ensure that those who have travelled abroad to purchase sexual services, especially from children, can be prosecuted in Sweden (Thailand); 146.37. Abolish the use of solitary confinement for minors in the juvenile justice system (Slovakia); 146.38. Take urgent action to introduce an explicit statutory ban on solitary confinement for children in remand prisons and police cells (Israel); 146.39. Introduce a limit for the time a child can be held in detention, pretrial (Israel); 146.40. Take concrete steps to ensure that access to evidence is guaranteed to anyone under any regime of detention (Cuba); 146.41. Take measures to limit the time of pretrial detention or the equivalent situation of deprivation of liberty without charges and for investigation purposes, in accordance with general comment No. 8 of the Human Rights Committee (Ecuador); 146.42. Introduce alternative measures to pretrial detention for minors wherever possible, develop clear rules for the treatment of minors in police custody, and monitor their effective implementation in practice (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 146.43. Take all appropriate measures in order to prevent the transfer of unaccompanied minors to Sweden and provide those who are already in the country with the necessary humanitarian support (Senegal); 146.44. Take concrete measures to ensure that the guarantees of nonrefoulement can be given to any person under the control of the Swedish authorities while considered a refugee by a third country, including for this purpose and if necessary, the adoption of legislative measures (Argentina). 1 The recommendation read in the meeting was “Amend legislation, in line with CERD recommendations, to provide for the possibility of adopting special measures to promote equal opportunities, and address structural discrimination and inequality”. 25

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