a manner adapted to their specific needs and vulnerability, including through legal representation; 162. Urges States to ensure the protection against victimization of complainants and witnesses of acts of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and to consider measures such as, where appropriate, making legal assistance, including legal aid, available to complainants seeking a legal remedy and, if possible, affording the possibility for non-governmental organizations to support complainants of racism, with their consent, in legal procedures; NATIONAL LEGISLATION AND PROGRAMMES 163. For the purposes of effectively combating racism and racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in the civil, political, economic, social and cultural fields, the Conference recommends to all States that their national legislative framework should expressly and specifically prohibit racial discrimination and provide effective judicial and other remedies or redress, including through the designation of national, independent, specialized bodies; 164. Urges States, with regard to the procedural remedies provided for in their domestic law, to bear in mind the following considerations: (a) Access to such remedies should be widely available, on a non-discriminatory and equal basis; (b) Existing procedural remedies should be made known in the context of the relevant action, and victims asdf United Nations 106