A/HRC/11/36 page 16 49. The Special Rapporteur strongly recommends that the countries that did not participate in the Durban Review Conference publicly acknowledge their support for its outcome document and commit to its implementation. 50. With regard to the issue of incitement to racial or religious hatred, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the constructive agreement reached in the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference be seen as the basis for further understanding of the thresholds established by article 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and article 4 of the International Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, including in the series of regional seminars that will be organized by OHCHR. 51. The Special Rapporteur invites Member States to adopt a comprehensive approach to tackle the problems related to the overlap of poverty and race or ethnicity prevalent around the world. In particular, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Member States review and redesign policies and programmes that may have a disproportionate effect on racial or ethnic minorities in view of their socio-economic vulnerability, and implement effective measures to improve the access of such groups to civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. 52. As a key prerequisite of any action aimed at tackling the socio-economic vulnerability of persons belonging to ethnic or racial minorities, the Special Rapporteur recommends that States collect ethnically disaggregated data and indicators that allow for the identification of the main problems these groups face and inform policymaking in this regard. The principles of privacy, self-identification and involvement of all communities in such data-gathering activities should be respected at all times. 53. The Special Rapporteur recalls the overarching and cornerstone prohibition of discrimination on national, racial, ethnic or religious grounds according to international human rights law, and strongly recommends that States review legislation and policies that may directly or indirectly discriminate against particular groups. 54. In order to redress the historical imbalances created by racism and discrimination, including slavery, segregation, apartheid and other forms of exclusion, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Member States take special measures to foster integration of racial or ethnic minorities into education, health, housing, the workplace and other areas.

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