1.4 Strengthening monitoring of the implementation of national human rights affairs and
international covenants ........................................................................................................ 28
1.5 Establishing a mechanism for dialogue with and participation by civic organizations ....... 30
1.6 Strengthening channels for human rights complaints .......................................................... 31
2.1 Lobbying for national legislation for the implementation of the Convention Against Torture
and its Optional Protocol ..................................................................................................... 33
2.2 Discussing the right to an adequate standard of housing for people forcibly removed from
their homes due to land expropriation ................................................................................. 35
2.3 Lobbying for the gradual phase-out of the death penalty .................................................... 37
2.4 Promoting equal access to the justice system ...................................................................... 38
2.5 Improving the employment and financial security of female caretakers ............................. 39
2.6 Monitoring human rights safeguards for criminal offenders with mental disabilities ......... 41
2.7 Monitoring human rights safeguards for migrant workers .................................................. 43
2.8 Promoting ethnic mainstreaming and monitoring human rights safeguards concerning
indigenous peoples ............................................................................................................... 45
2.9 Reviewing mechanisms for handling teacher-student violence on campus ......................... 47
2.10 Exploring and discussing the impacts of emerging human rights topics ........................... 49
3.1 Promoting human rights awareness among public servants, the police, corrections officers,
the justice system, and military personnel ........................................................................... 51
3.2 Encouraging the media to help safeguard human rights ...................................................... 53
3.3 Establishing a human rights database to keep track of international human rights trends and
disseminate human rights information ................................................................................. 55
4.1 Participating in international reviews of national reports on ICERD in keeping with
international human rights systems ...................................................................................... 56
4.2 Actively participating in international human rights initiatives and cultivating talent for
international human rights affairs ........................................................................................ 57