A/HRC/20/33/Add.1 be provided with the necessary instructions, procedures and resources to identify, investigate and register racist crimes against the Roma. On anti-Semitism 65. The Special Rapporteur calls for further vigilance and action from the Government with regard to anti-Semitism and recommends that the Government step up efforts to prevent and eliminate all the manifestations of anti-Semitism, including through a wide range of preventive measures and prosecution when necessary. On hate speech 66. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government take resolute measures to condemn hate speech, including against the Roma. He recalls that, due to the audience they reach and the moral authority they carry, politicians are urged to avoid stigmatization of Roma in their statements and political debates, and to firmly condemn any racist action or discourse against Roma. The Special Rapporteur, while insisting on the need to preserve freedom of expression, also encourages the media to play a more positive role in promoting tolerance, respect, and mutual understanding and to avoid racist, stereotypical and discriminatory reporting of Roma. 67. The Special Rapporteur strongly reiterates the importance of ensuring that the laws and their implementation strictly respect international human rights standards, including article 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. In this regard the Special Rapporteur refers to the four joint written submissions presented by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief and the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression to the series of expert workshops of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the prohibition of incitement to national, racial or religious hatred.14 On extremist political parties, movements and groups 68. The Special Rapporteur is of the view that the rise of the Jobbik political party and the development of extremist paramilitary groups are linked to some extent to the failure to fully integrate Roma into Hungarian society and the difficulty of traditional political parties in dealing adequately with the socio-economic problems, including unemployment, of the Hungarian population. As a result Roma became the main targets of extremist individuals and politicians, who take advantage of the general 14 http:// www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Expression/ICCPR/Vienna/CRP3Joint_SRSubmission_for_Vienna .pdf http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Expression/ICCPR/Nairobi/JointSRSubmissionNairobiWork shop.pdf http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Expression/ICCPR/Bangkok/SRSubmissionBangkokWorksh op.pdf http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Expression/ICCPR/Santiago/JointSRSubmission Santiago.pdf 19