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(j)
Take steps to improve the independence and impartiality of complaint
resolution mechanisms;
(k)
Ensure that complaint resolution mechanisms consistently apply relevant
international human rights law standards, including on the prohibition of racial
discrimination, in their decisions;
(l)
Simplify pathways to remedy for racial discrimination in sport and
continue and expand efforts, such as legal aid schemes, to provide support for athletes,
particularly those from marginalized racial and ethnic groups;
(m) Collect racially and ethnically disaggregated data on complaints of racial
and intersecting forms of discrimination in sport, in order to monitor such incidents
and their outcomes. Such data should inform broader sports governance to ensure
non-repetition of the manifestations of racial discrimination experienced by athletes.
63.
Social media companies should, in line with the Guiding Principles on Business
and Human Rights, work with States and sports governance bodies to effectively
prevent, address and remedy online racial hatred that takes place in relation to sporting
events and other related aspects.
64.
The United Nations should:
(a)
Continue and expand research and analysis on racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and sport. This should include a
focus on closing gaps in the information available on the impact of systemic barriers to
sports experienced by persons in the global South;
(b)
Provide States and other actors with technical assistance to facilitate
effective implementation of human rights-based approaches to combating racism and
discrimination in sport and the effective collection and analysis of racially and
ethnically disaggregated data on racism and sport.
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