IV. Additional Tasks Related to Tolerance and Non-discrimination, Including Roma and Sinti Issues V. Additional Tasks Related to Gender Equality VI. Additional Tasks Related to Combating Trafficking in Human Beings VII. Additional Tasks Related to Combating Terrorism B. The High Commissioner on National Minorities C. The Representative on Freedom of the Media D. The Secretariat, Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings 3. Restrictions and Derogations 46 53 54 56 57 64 68 71 3.1 Scope and Character of Legitimate Restrictions 71 3.2 Derogations from Obligations During a State of Public Emergency 71 Specific Human Dimension Commitments 1. Commitments Related to the Right of Peoples to Self-determination 75 76 2. Commitments Related to Structural Components of a Democratic Society 77 2.1 General Provisions 77 2.2 Elections 80 2.3 Democratic Institutions 2.3.1 General Provisions 2.3.2 Decentralized Government and Special Structures and Bodies 2.3.3 Democratic Civilian Control of Military, Paramilitary and Internal Security Forces, Intelligence Services, and the Police 2.3.4 Independent National Human Rights Institutions 2.3.5 Non-Governmental Organizations 2.3.6 Promoting Transparency, Combating Corruption, and Improving the Management of Public Resources 84 84 87 2.4 Rule of Law 2.4.1 General Provisions 2.4.2 Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Practitioners, and Impartial Operation of the Public Judicial Service 2.4.3 Administration of Justice 91 92 A. Law Enforcement B. Treatment of Persons Deprived of Their Liberty 2.4.4 Fulfilment of International Obligations 3. Commitments Relating to Human Rights that are Applicable to All 3.1 Civil and Political Rights 3.1.1 General Provisions 3.1.2 Right to Life/Abolition of the Death Penalty iv 87 89 89 90 97 100 100 103 105 107 107 107 107