Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination140 • Party take robust measures to increase the representation of Māori, Pasifika and other minority groups as decision makers, including as prosecutors and judges, at all levels of the criminal justice system. • Increase the provision and accessibility of primary health-care services to Māori and Pasifika communities and ensure they are equally represented and empowered in decision-making processes concerning health and disability policy planning and in-service delivery and evaluation. • • Reduce overall hospitalizations for medical conditions with a social gradient and reduce disparities in both hospitalization and mortality rates, particularly among Māori and Pasifika children. set targets to increase representation of Māori, Pasifika and other minorities in corporate governance and senior management in the public sector, and to provide data on Māori, Pasifika and other minorities currently employed in the public sector with regard to distribution at job and managerial levels. • Take effective steps to reduce the number of Māori and Pasifika children in State care. • To provide in its next periodic report information on measures taken to improve the educational outcomes of Māori and Pasifika students. sexual violence, particularly in relation to Māori and Pasifika women and girls, as well as women and girls with disabilities (Iceland). • Continue to ensure justice and social protection for domestic violence against vulnerable groups, particularly women from indigenous and Pacific peoples (Myanmar). • Continue its ongoing efforts to reduce all forms of inequalities and discrimination among children, for Māori and Pasifika children in particular (Maldives). • Work to combat discrimination against vulnerable children, including Māori and Pasifika children, children belonging to ethnic minorities, refugee and migrant children and children with disabilities (Syrian Arab Republic). • Take all appropriate measures to enhance Māori and Pasifika representation in government positions at all levels, in particular at the local council level, including through the establishment of special electoral arrangements (Pakistan). • Provide Māori and Pasifika with adequate access to education and the labour market (Russian Federation). • Continue to focus on specific programmes and actions aimed at improving health and education outcomes for Māori and Pacific communities (Sri Lanka). • Strengthen measures aimed at ensuring equality for all citizens, especially those of indigenous people of Māori and Pasifika, and ensuring their full rights within the legal system and in the labour, health and education sectors (Syrian Arab Republic). • Design a strategy to tackle social inequalities experienced by Māori and Pasifika communities in health, housing, employment, education, social services and justice (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). • Take concrete steps to improve education and participation rates for Māori and Pacific communities in New Zealand so that these are equal with other ethnic groups (Bahamas). Universal Periodic Review (2018)141 New Zealand supported the following recommendations: • Improve anti-discrimination legislation for ensuring protection of the rights of the ethnic minorities, including Māori and Pasifika communities (Islamic Republic of Iran). • Increase employment opportunities for marginalized groups, and notably Māori, Pasifika, women and persons with disabilities (Hungary). • Continue to strengthen efforts to combat domestic and all forms of gender-based violence, including 140 Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Concluding observations on the combined twenty-first and twenty-second periodic reports of New Zealand 2017 CERD/C/NZL/CO/21-22. Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review New Zealand (1 April 2019) https://documents-dds-ny. un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G19/087/77/PDF/G1908777.pdf?OpenElement. 141 47