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educational campaigns must be developed and vigorously implemented. Increasing
understanding and respect for cultural and religious diversity would be the first step in
identifying and developing good practice in combating intolerance and discrimination against
Muslims.
B. Recommendations
75.
The Working Group urges States:
− To design and implement a system of education and training for law
enforcement officers and military personnel that will ensure that they are
familiar with international human rights norms against racism, discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance, and where racial profiling is a violation of
certain international law provisions;
− To ensure that issues of racial profiling and non-discrimination are integrated
into all aspects of training and education, including ongoing training and
professional development, for law enforcement agencies. This should include
thorough training in standards and alternatives to racial profiling;
− To abolish and prohibit any discrimination in legislation within their
jurisdiction and to criminalize racial profiling, envisaging sanctions for those
who violate the law and ensuring remedies for the victims.
76.
The Working Group invites States to establish disaggregated data collection and
oversight mechanisms to monitor and combat racial profiling. These mechanisms should
include both procedures that are internal to law enforcement agencies and also those for
external oversight bodies, which have the participation of the community.
77.
The Working Group urges law enforcement agencies to take positive action to
secure real participation of people of African descent and other vulnerable groups at all
levels throughout law enforcement agencies. This should include specific recruitment,
retention and promotion goals for positions of responsibility in such institutions.
78.
The Working Group reiterates the importance of the recommendation made by the
independent eminent experts on the follow-up to Durban to develop a racial equality index
as a tool to better assess the discrimination that affects people of African descent and other
vulnerable groups, and to guide the adoption of policies to remedy their situation.