A/HRC/49/5 Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and a coordinating mechanism allowed the State to monitor its implementation. 125. The Hellenic Police had improved the electronic registration and identification of offences involving racist violence, including the relevant bias motivation. A standardized method for recording racially motivated crimes had been defined, and additional steps in that direction were envisaged in the national action plan against racism and intolerance. Special attention had been paid to the participation of Hellenic Police officers in training on human rights, in particular on the rights of Roma and persons with disabilities. 126. The Greek Ombudsman had been designated as the national mechanism for the investigation of incidents of arbitrariness by law enforcement personnel and prison officers, covering allegations of torture, unlawful use of firearms, and unlawful behaviour based on racism or other discrimination. The relevant powers of the Greek Ombudsman had been further enhanced. 127. The national deinstitutionalization strategy and action plan had been drafted with the support of the European Commission and in consultation with the disability rights movement in Greece. The strategy described the reforms required to develop a framework for services that would meet the individualized needs of children and persons with disabilities. 128. Asylum processes had been accelerated in Greece as a result of new legislative and structural reforms and the digitization of asylum procedures. The so-called HELIOS programme was being implemented with the aim of promoting the integration of beneficiaries of international protection. To further support the integration of refugees and asylum seekers, Greece and UNHCR had signed a memorandum of understanding, and the education of migrant children remained a priority for Greece. 129. The head of delegation thanked all the delegations for their active participation in the universal periodic review of Greece. He expressed his sincere gratitude to the universal periodic review secretariat, the conference services staff and the interpreters for the smooth running of the review. II. Conclusions and/or recommendations 130. The following recommendations will be examined by Greece, which will provide responses in due time, but no later than the forty-ninth session of the Human Rights Council: 130.1 Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Albania) (Bangladesh) (Burkina Faso) (Côte d’Ivoire) (Libya) (Rwanda); Consider ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (Philippines) (Timor-Leste); Proceed with the ratification of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Togo); Consider the possibility of acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Algeria); Become a party to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Azerbaijan); 130.2 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Albania) (Belgium) (Cyprus) (Portugal) (Slovenia) (South Africa); Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Senegal); Proceed with the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Togo); Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Italy); 130.3 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure (Côte d’Ivoire) (Cyprus) (Czechia) 9

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