A/HRC/7/19/Add.3
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Annex
REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CONTEMPORARY
FORMS OF RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND
RELATED INTOLERANCE, DOUDOU DIÈNE, ON HIS MISSION TO LATVIA
(20-24 September 2007)
CONTENTS
Paragraphs
Introduction ....................................................................................................
I. GENERAL BACKGROUND ..............................................................
Page
1-3
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4 - 18
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A.
Historical and political context ………….. .................................
4-9
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B.
Demographic, ethnic and religious composition ........................
10 - 12
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C.
Political structure ........................................................................
13
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D.
International human rights instruments ......................................
14 - 15
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E.
Methodology ...............................................................................
16 - 18
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II. POLITICAL AND LEGAL STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC
AUTHORITIES ...................................................................................
19 - 50
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The legal and institutional framework to combat racism
and racial discrimination .............................................................
19 - 36
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Policies and programmes to combat racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance ...................
37 - 42
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Perceptions and reactions of State officials and
Government agencies ..................................................................
43 - 50
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III. VIEWS OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND COMMUNITIES
CONCERNED .....................................................................................
51 - 70
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A.
B.
C.
A.
Concerns in response to State policies and measures .................
51 - 54
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B.
Views of the Russian-speaking communities .............................
55 - 60
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C.
Views of the Roma community ..................................................
61 - 65
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D.
Views of non-European communities .........................................
66 - 70
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IV. ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF THE
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ...................................................................
71 - 80
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V. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ..........
81 - 95
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