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Furthermore, States may only interfere with individuals’ right to freedom of expression by articulating a transparent, easily accessible and non-arbitrary legal standard.

A/HRC/33/49/Add.3 10 GE.16-12031 quality monitoring is not systematically or easily available for concerned consumers. In villages that the Special Rapporteur visited, some people stated that the Water Utilities Corporation sometimes collected samples of water, but they had never been informed of the results.

GE.11-15766 (C) 300911 071011 人权理事会 第十八届会议 议程项目 3 增进和保护所有人权――公民权利、政治权利、

However, such assistance remains inadequate and not easily accessible, mainly owing to a lack of resources.

In Tunisia this is not the case as the law in its present shape does not limit the definition of the act to the use of violent means against human persons; (c) In addition, due to the lack of a clear definition of the terms used, acts punishable under regular criminal law can easily be categorized as acts of “terrorism”. 10.

Salaries are attractive and candidates are easily found, particularly in Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Their lack of training also means that judges are more easily influenced. 2. Appointment, promotion, transfer and removal of judges 24. (...) People thus have more confidence in the customary justice system, which is more familiar, easier to understand and easily accessible. However, it can give rise to unfair and even inadmissible settlements, for example in rape cases where victims are often forced by their families to marry the perpetrator. 5.

The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions stated in a 2009 report that human rights abuses carried out due to belief in witchcraft have “not featured prominently on the radar screen of human rights monitors” and that “this may be due partly to the difficulty of defining ‘witches’ and ‘witchcraft’ across cultures — terms that, quite apart from their connotations in popular culture, may include an array of traditional or faith healing practices and are not easily defined. The fact remains, however, that under the rubric of the amorphous and manipulable designation of ‘witchcraft’, individuals (often those who are somehow different, feared or disliked) are singled out for arbitrary private acts of violence or for Government-sponsored or tolerated acts of violence” (see A/HRC/11/2, para. 43). (...) In witch-believing societies, that could easily lead to suspicions and accusations of witchcraft.

Additionally, the Municipal Anti- Discrimination Services Act, which entered into force on 28 July 2009, obliges municipalities to provide easily accessible facilities for handling complaints about discrimination from members of the public. (...) The implementation of the Nation Action Plan has established easily accessible local anti-discrimination helpdesks which can assist people who feel discriminated against; a simple and accessible procedure for reporting incidents involving discrimination; a new national anti-hate crimes campaign with a dedicated website; uniform registration of all complaints involving discrimination; annual reporting to Parliament on results and developments (every year the Government sends the House of Representatives a letter on action taken to combat discrimination); and intensified education about racism and the Holocaust as a part of the school curriculum, among others. 32.

These drawbacks can be easily rectified with a deeper understanding of the jurisprudence of the Convention, together with a clear commitment to follow it consistently when crafting European Union law and policy and with sufficient political will. (...) Otherwise, temporary measures may easily rob an entire generation of their chance to flourish as human beings in the community. 48.