A/HRC/7/19/Add.2
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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 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
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