A/HRC/25/50/Add.1 who are not able to serve their mortgages against possible eviction from their own homes; (o) Implement recommendations by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights to curb the increase in racist attacks and xenophobic violence; and continue to take decisive measures to combat violent extremism in accordance with international human rights law; (p) Consider ratifying core international human rights treaties to which the State is not yet a party, in particular, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. B. International lenders 93. The Independent Expert calls upon the country’s international lenders: (a) To avoid providing financial assistance with intrusive and onerous policy conditions that may undermine the country’s growth prospects and the realization of all human rights; (b) To support the undertaking by the Government of Greece to conduct an independent, transparent and participatory audit of the State’s public debt; (c) To consider a further reduction of the public debt of Greece, including a write-down of Greek bonds held by the European Central Bank, to allow the country to reduce its debt to a more sustainable level as defined in the present report; (d) To include the reduction of unemployment and poverty as measurable targets in the ongoing adjustment programme, and to monitor progress regularly; (e) To ensure transparency in their dealings with the Government of Greece in a manner that fully respects the rights of the people of Greece, including the right to public participation; (f) With particular reference to IMF, to ensure that debt sustainability assessments take into consideration the other demands on the Government’s available resources, particularly those required for social investment and establishment of the conditions for the full realization of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights; (g) To consider preparing a new adjustment programme for Greece with better conditions that will allow it to address its deficit and debt problems without undermining the enjoyment of human rights. 24

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