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126.49 Continue working for the inclusion of the rights of minorities and
vulnerable groups in the social programmes promoted by the Government
(Nicaragua);
126.50 Ensure the promotion of the economic, social and cultural rights of
Roma, and the implementation of policies affecting them (Albania);
126.51 Take further steps to improve access to housing, education and
employment for Roma communities (Australia);
126.52 Continue pursuing appropriate, efficient policies under the National
Strategy for the Integration of Roma Communities aimed at further improving
the access of Roma to education and, based on the evaluation of the impact of
the existing policies, consider the adoption of additional measures (Czech
Republic);
126.53 Ensure that all measures and policies affecting Roma communities are
designed, implemented, monitored and evaluated with their full participation
(India);
126.54 Continue its efforts in implementing the various measures in the areas
of education, health, housing, employment and a cross-cutting dimension with a
view to further promoting and protecting the rights of persons belonging to
minorities and countering the discrimination and social exclusion faced by
Roma communities (Indonesia);
126.55 Adopt special measures to alleviate and remedy disparities in the
enjoyment of human rights affecting vulnerable groups, which include
immigrants, foreigners and ethnic minorities such as the Ciganos and Roma
communities (Kenya);
126.56 Continue concentrating efforts for the inclusion of pupils of Roma
origin in the educational system (Spain);
126.57 Step up its effort in improving access to education for children from
Ciganos and Roma communities and continue to combat racial stereotypes
against those communities (Thailand);
126.58 Continue and strengthen educational measures which promote a more
integrated system of education that favours migrants, ethnic minorities, women
and girls and the Roma community in particular (Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela);
126.59 Continue its efforts in the promotion and dissemination of best
practices in the sphere of intercultural dialogue (Morocco);
126.60 Continue to strengthen programmes of prevention of domestic
violence, especially against children and elderly persons (Chile).
127. The following recommendations will be examined by Portugal, which will
provide responses in due time but no later than the twenty-seventh session of the
Human Rights Council, in September 2014:
127.1 Consider and concur with the recommendation of the Committee on
the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to ratify the amendments to article 8,
paragraph 6 of the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination (Namibia);
127.2 Continue harmonizing its national laws with its obligations under
international human rights law, with a view to giving priority in this regard to
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