› Development of national mechanisms: National Action Plan for Human Rights Institutions and Ombudspersons; › Improve attention for implementation at bilateral contacts; › Encourage pS to report on a voluntary basis on the state of implementation while avoiding to take away resources from implementation towards reporting; › More extensive use of relevant material and reports in other forums to avoid duplication. • Role of civil society in contributing and supporting the implementation of existing commitments in the HD: NGO participation in review procedures, in relevant Working Groups and (special) PC’s; • Implementation of the Action Plans adopted over the last few years by the pS and the development of further measures for systematic follow up: › Create specific mechanism for implementation of Action Plans; › Annual review of single-issue Action Plans at Ministerial Council and/or PC; › Nomination of national contact point for implementation; › Training representatives of national contact points on collection of information; › Development of state-specific recommendations by experts or OSCE; › Development of state-specific projects based on a systematic reporting process; • Ways to ensure maximum access of the public to decisions taken by the OSCE: › Encourage unimpeded dissemination of information about HD commitments by OSCE and its pS; › Development of PR strategy for Institutions and FOs; › Development of ODIHR policy on correction of factual errors in reporting; › Government websites to be linked with OSCE sites: guarantee full access to all citizens; › Ensure freedom for media to report on OSCE topics in all pS; › Responsibility of Ministers and spokespersons to inform public on OSCE related issues; › Greater access of NGOs to OSCE events, incl. PC and Human Dimension Meetings; › Information through education. › Assuring translation of documents and manuals in 6 OSCE languages; B. Specific commitments • Implementation of commitments on the prevention of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as in the abolition of the death penalty; • Commitments in the field of racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and discrimination; • Commitment to collect and maintain reliable information and statistics about hate crimes and to report periodically to the ODIHR: › Publish information and statistics on an annual basis; › Establishment of National Point of Contact for Hate Crimes; › Close coordination with other IOs to demonstrate objectivity and assure comparability and complementarity; C. The Role of Institutions and OSCE instruments • Role of the ODIHR, other OSCE Institutions, OSCE FOs and other OSCE instruments in monitoring, reporting, contributing and supporting the implementation of existing commitments in the HD › Further enhance monitoring capacity of HD commitments by Missions and Institutions; 98 Common Responsibility: Commitments and Implementation

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