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Combating glorification of Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary
forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
14. Encourages States to adopt further measures to provide training to the
police and other law enforcement bodies on the ideologies of extremist political
parties, movements and groups whose advocacy constitutes incitement to racist and
xenophobic violence, to strengthen their capacity to address racist and xenophobic
crimes, to fulfil their responsibility of bringing to justice the perpetrators of such
crimes and to combat impunity;
15. Notes the recommendation of the Special Rapporteur regarding the
responsibility of political leaders and parties in relation to messages that incite
racial discrimination or xenophobia;
16. Recalls the recommendation of the Special Rapporteur to introduce into
national criminal law a provision according to which committing an offence with
racist or xenophobic motivations or aims constitutes an aggravating circumstance,
allowing for enhanced penalties, and encourages those States whose legislation does
not contain such provisions to consider that recommendation;
17. Underlines that the roots of extremism are multifaceted and must be
addressed through adequate measures such as education, awareness-raising and the
promotion of dialogue, and in this regard recommends the increase of measures to
raise awareness among young people of the dangers of the ideologies and activities
of extremist political parties, movements and groups;
18. Reaffirms, in this regard, the particular importance of all forms of
education, including human rights education, as a complement to legislative
measures, as outlined by the Special Rapporteur;
19. Emphasizes the recommendation of the Special Rapporteur presented at
the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly, in which he emphasized the
importance of history classes in teaching the dramatic events and human suffering
which arose out of the adoption of ideologies such as Nazism and Fascism;
20. Stresses the importance of other positive measures and initiatives aimed
at bringing communities together and providing them with space for genuine
dialogue, such as round tables, working groups and seminars, including training
seminars for State agents and media professionals, as well as awareness-raising
activities, especially those initiated by civil society representatives, which require
continued State support;
21. Calls upon States to continue to invest in education, in both conventional
and non-conventional curricula, inter alia, in order to transform attitudes and correct
ideas of racial hierarchies and superiority promoted by extremist political parties,
movements and groups and counter their negative influence;
22. Underlines the potentially positive role that relevant United Nations
entities and programmes, in particular the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization, can play in the aforementioned areas;
23. Reaffirms article 4 of the Convention, according to which States parties
to that instrument condemn all propaganda and all organizations that are based on
ideas or theories of superiority of one race or group of persons of one colour or
ethnic origin, or that attempt to justify or promote racial hatred and discrimination
in any form, and undertake to adopt immediate and positive measures designed to
eradicate all incitement to, or acts of, such discrimination and, to that end, with due
regard to the principles embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1
and the rights expressly set forth in article 5 of the Convention, inter alia:
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