E/C.12/UZB/CO/2 The Committee recommends that the State party ensure the full independence and impartiality of the judiciary, with a view to ensuring the effective use of the State party’s resources and the realization of the Covenant rights, including by introducing the principle of the irremovability of judges; establishing an independent body responsible for the appointment, promotion, suspension and removal of judges; and enacting the 2011 draft Code of Judicial Ethics. It refers the State party to the Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary. National human rights institutions 7. The Committee regrets that the State party has not yet established an independent national human rights institution fully compliant with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles), while noting with interest the activities undertaken by the Parliamentary Ombudsman, in particular the consideration of complaints relating to economic, social, and cultural rights and related legislative proposals (art. 1). The Committee urges the State party to establish an independent and appropriately resourced national human rights institution compliant with the Paris Principles, including by strengthening the institution of the Parliamentary Ombudsman, and to take steps for its accreditation by the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. It encourages the State party to seek assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for the implementation of the present recommendation aimed at strengthening the national human rights institution. Corruption 8. The Committee is concerned about the persistence and extent of corruption in the State party, particularly regarding access to health care, education and residence registration, which hinders the effective use of the State party’s resources and the implementation of the Covenant. The Committee recommends that the State party set up a comprehensive policy and mechanism to combat and prevent petty and systemic corruption, including by: (a) Streamlining the adoption of the draft anti-corruption law, national programme and action plans, as well as codes of conduct for public institutions; (b) Fostering transparent corruption monitoring, especially in the areas of health care, education and residence registration, and ensuring adequate investigation into corruption cases and prompt punishment of perpetrators with commensurate sanctions; (c) Ensuring safe, accessible and visible channels for reporting corruption, in particular in the areas of health care, education and residence registration, as well as effective protection of anti-corruption activists and human rights defenders involved; (d) Training politicians, lawmakers, judges, law enforcement officers, civil servants and public service personnel, especially in the areas of education, health-care and residence registration, on ethics and the economic and social costs of corruption; (e) Conducting awareness-raising campaigns. 3