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be heard and become a part of the public discourse. The Camden Principles on
Freedom of Expression and Equality can provide guidance in this regard;
(n)
School education should include fair information on religious and beliefrelated issues as part of the mandatory curriculum. Such information should take
seriously the self-understandings of the respective religious communities, including
internal pluralism, thus overcoming mere external descriptions, which often remain
stereotypical. School education can also facilitate daily encounters between students of
different religious or belief persuasions, thus helping them to experience diversity as
something quite natural and serving to inhibit the formation of emotions of disgust
towards groups of fellow citizens. Education can also encourage students to better
imagine the experience and self-perception of others, especially those from diverse
religious, ethnic and cultural contexts;
(o)
National human rights institutions are encouraged to use the Rabat Plan
of Action as a reference document when planning their activities towards overcoming
the root causes of collective religious hatred;
(p)
The implementation of the Rabat Plan of Action and of Human Rights
Council resolution 16/18 at the national level should also be systematically scrutinized
in the context of the universal periodic review of each State.
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