A/63/161 the plenary of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, in the framework of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008. She encourages inter-religious and intra-religious dialogue in various forms and on different levels. In order to advance a culture of peace through dialogue and cooperation between individuals and communities of diverse religions and beliefs, the Special Rapporteur also supports the proposal for a United Nations decade of inter-religious dialogue and cooperation for peace. 23. With regard to prevention activities, the Special Rapporteur has been involved in efforts by the Advisory Council of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights to develop the Toledo Guiding Principles on Teaching About Religions and Beliefs in Public Schools. 4 This document is designed to offer practical guidance for preparing curricula for teaching about religions and beliefs, preferred procedures for assuring fairness in the development of curricula and standards for their implementation. The Special Rapporteur would like to reiterate that education can play an important preventive role, especially when it fosters respect for and acceptance of pluralism and diversity. Since the quality of education and learning materials is crucial, States should take appropriate measures to bring their school curricula, textbooks and teaching methods into line with human rights provisions, including freedom of religion or belief. Her predecessor had initiated the 2001 International Consultative Conference on School Education in Relation to Freedom of Religion or Belief, Tolerance and Non-discrimination, at which the Madrid Final Document was adopted (E/CN.4/2002/73, appendix). 24. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the start of the universal periodic review, which will examine the human rights records of all States Members of the United Nations through a common mechanism every four years. She notes with appreciation that, for the first two sessions in April and May 2008, many of the Special Rapporteur’s observations and recommendations were included by OHCHR in the reports compiling information contained in United Nations documents. Issues of freedom of religion or belief also featured in several interactive dialogues and reports of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review. This provides a good opportunity to follow up, inter alia, on communications and country visits of the Special Rapporteur. She therefore also intends to re-establish the mandate’s initial approach (see A/51/542, annexes I and II; A/52/477/Add.1; A/53/279, annex; and E/CN.4/1999/58, annex) to send follow-up letters after country visits in order to receive updated information about the implementation of the Special Rapporteur’s recommendations at the national level. III. Citizenship issues and religious discrimination in administrative procedures 25. In various communications and reports, the Special Rapporteur has expressed concern with regard to citizenship issues and religious discrimination in administrative procedures. In this section, she gives an overview of State practice and domestic legislation concerning this issue, examines the applicable international legal standards as well as relevant international and regional case law and provides __________________ 4 08-43442 Available online at www.osce.org/odihr/item_11_28314.html. 9