A/HRC/55/44/Add.1 (b) Strengthen the monitoring and reporting of the right not to be discriminated against in cultural activities, including in reporting to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; (c) Review their application of minority protection to fully conform with the guidance of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as contained in Protecting Minority Rights: A Practical Guide to Developing Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Legislation; (d) Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled, in order to facilitate the full participation of the persons concerned in all aspects of cultural life; (e) Consider adopting guidelines for applying the Equal Treatment Act also to private actors, in particular regarding access to, and participation in the activities of, cultural venues; (f) Take steps to ensure that reasonable accommodation provisions are enshrined in law as an immediately enforceable right in all areas of law and policy. Authorities should also take positive measures in the implementation of the Equal Treatment Act, ensuring that the denial of reasonable accommodation is recognized as a form of discrimination and punished accordingly; (g) Ensure that teaching materials that promote diversity and the protection of all minority groups are available across all federal states, and include in national teacher training programmes a module on respect for diversity in education. This content should be protected as a fundamental element of educational systems, and maintained despite any political pressure; (h) Support projects that reduce discrimination against LGBTIQ+ persons, and work for the protection and recognition of sexual diversity; (i) Introduce incentives to the media to promote positive images of minorities, migrants, refugees and asylum-seeking persons, including women and LGBTIQ+ persons. 94. To further promote cultural diversity, the authorities at all levels should: (a) Discuss widely the meaning of integration and review how it applies within the country; (b) Promote preventative measures against extremist attitudes and behaviour threatening the expression of diversity, pursue actions against hate speech and racist propaganda, and raise awareness of the same at the federal and state levels; (c) Provide means and resources for highlighting and disseminating throughout the country information regarding the contribution of migrant, minority and LGBTIQ+ communities to German history and heritage; (d) Share the added value of participatory and multiple perspective approaches to historical narratives, memorialization and the arts between cultural institutions, so that best practices in the area can become standard practice; (e) Strengthen efforts to ensure the full participation of migrants and refugees in policies and programmes that concern them, and to ensure access for them to adapted psychosocial and mental health services. GE.24-01816 19

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