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Bosniacs have not benefited from the full enjoyment and protection of minority rights
(arts. 2, 13, 14 and 15).
The Committee recommends that the State party adopt a comprehensive cultural
strategy, with a coordination mechanism, for the promotion, protection and
enjoyment of cultural rights by all individuals and groups in the entire territory of the
State party, while preserving cultural diversity. The Committee encourages the State
party to take further measures so that all communities with specific identities,
including Bosniacs, can benefit from the enjoyment and protection of minority rights.
The Committee also encourages the State party to consider increasing the budget
allocated to cultural development and participation in cultural life, in line with
article 15 of the Covenant.
D.
Other recommendations
37.
The Committee encourages the State party to consider signing and ratifying the
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights. The Committee also encourages the State party to consider ratifying the
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families.
38.
The Committee requests the State party to disseminate the present concluding
observations widely among all levels of society, particularly among government
officials, members of Parliament, judicial authorities and civil society organizations,
and to inform the Committee, in its next periodic report, on all steps taken to
implement them. It also encourages the State party to engage non-governmental
organizations and other members of civil society in the process of discussion at the
national level prior to the submission of its next periodic report.
39.
The Committee requests the State party to submit its third periodic report,
prepared in accordance with the revised reporting guidelines adopted by the
Committee in 2008 (E/C.12/2008/2), by 30 May 2019.
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