A/HRC/7/19/Add.2 page 4 Annex REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE, DOUDOU DIÈNE, ON HIS MISSION TO ESTONIA (25-28 SEPTEMBER 2007) CONTENTS Paragraphs I. INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………… 1 – 3 II. GENERAL BACKGROUND .............................................................. Page 5 4 – 19 5 A. Historical and political context………….. .................................. 4–9 5 B. Demographic, ethnic and religious composition ......................... 10 – 12 6 C. Political structure ........................................................................ 13 7 D. International human rights instruments ...................................... 14 – 16 7 E. Methodology ............................................................................... 17 – 19 7 III. POLITICAL AND LEGAL STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES ................................................................................... 20 – 51 8 Legal and institutional framework to combat racism and racial discrimination ............................................................. 20 – 39 8 Policies and programmes to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance .................... 40 – 44 11 Perceptions and reactions of State officials and government agencies.................................................................... 45 – 51 13 IV. VIEWS OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND COMMUNITIES CONCERNED ..................................................................................... 52 – 71 14 A. B. C. A. Concerns in response to State policies and measures ................. 52 – 54 14 B. Views of the Russian-speaking community ................................ 55 – 61 15 C. Views of the Roma community ................................................... 62 – 64 16 D. Views of non-European minorities .............................................. 65 – 68 17 E. Roundtable with national minorities of the Ida Virumaa region.. 69 – 71 17 V. ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ................................................................... 72 – 84 18 VI. RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................... 85 – 97 21

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