5. India should expand the powers of the National and State Human Rights Commissions India should expand the enforcement rights of the National Human Rights Commission (‘NHRC’) and State Human Rights Commissions (‘SHRCs’) and broaden their competencies as consultative actors, so that their recommendations are implemented by State and Central Governments. The Commissions would thus be able to function akin to an Ombudsman dealing with discrimination faced by vulnerable people, like those rendered stateless. For example, Montenegro created an Ombudsman dealing with racism and xenophobia to tackle racial discrimination faced by Roma people, which is able to influence the elaboration of policies.151 Thus, commissions dealing with human rights of people facing statelessness in Assam such as the NHRC, the National Commission for Minorities, and the National Commission for Women should be promoted as core actors in the fields of nationality and registration. 151 European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, ‘ECRI Report on Montenegro (fifth monitoring cycle)’ (CRI, 19 September 2017) 37 <https://rm.coe.int/second-report-onmontenegro/16808b5942> accessed 26 May 2020. The role of the Ombudsman in Montenegro enabled to initiate policies on the matters it was tackling. Particularly, the dedicated Ombudsman’s action lead to the establishment of concrete measures to compensate the discrimination and difficulties of Roma people in the access to education. Free preschools providing language classes to Roma children were opened. chapter i • status 97 SECTION III.