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115. The media can help restore the faculty of empathy by making people aware
that the members of groups facing systematic discrimination, far from being “aliens”,
have quite similar fears, hopes and feelings.
F.
Recommendations to the international community
116. The international community is reminded of its duty to assist and build the
capacity of States in fulfilling their commitments to the responsibility to protect their
populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity,
as concluded in the 2005 World Summit.
117. Human rights mechanisms, including the special procedures, treaty bodies and
universal periodic review, are encouraged to address the issue of violence in the name
of religion and State involvement in such violence.
118. The international community should hold States and non-State armed groups
to account and make them aware of their existing obligations under international law,
including human rights, humanitarian, criminal and refugee law.
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