9.7.4 Particular groups/vulnerable groups Suggested national action plan content: • Indication of legislation or administrative action aimed at improving observance of the human rights of groups such as: 9 Women 9 Children 9 Indigenous peoples 9 Racial, ethnic, religious, linguistic and other minorities 9 Persons living in extreme poverty 9 Persons with disabilities 9 Persons living with HIV/AIDS 9 Older persons 9 The mentally ill 9 Refugees and asylum-seekers 9 Migrant workers • Indication of steps to prevent discrimination National human rights action plans should promote broad national goals such as national integration, elimination of inequalities and poverty alleviation. If substantive equality is to be achieved, it will be necessary to develop programmes targeted at the needs of specific groups, including vulnerable groups, who may not benefit from legal and other measures providing for formal equality. Most of the plans that have been developed to date have laid emphasis on special measures directed towards promoting and protecting the rights of such groups. 9.7.5 Collective rights Suggested national action plan content: • Promotion of research and debate on collective rights; • Coverage of collective rights in human rights education programmes; • Promotion of awareness of the right to development among government national planning or development assistance agencies; • Promotion of consideration of the right to development and human rights issues in international forums dealing with economic issues; • Development of policies that integrate human rights into the development process; • Strengthening of the ability of indigenous and minority peoples to maintain and develop their distinct identities and to make decisions on matters affecting them; • Protection of indigenous and minority peoples from policies destructive of their economies and cultures; • Facilitating the establishment by indigenous and minority peoples of their own political and social institutions. Collective rights or solidarity rights often provide a framework within which other rights can flourish. References to measures aimed at strengthening the autonomy of indigenous and minority groups are not intended to be inconsistent with fundamental 81