A/57/204 As regards activities, the Special Rapporteur describes his participation in the work of the fifty-eighth session of the Commission on Human Rights, in the course of which he spoke about the principal achievements of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held at Durban, South Africa. The Special Rapporteur also mentions the mission to Australia and the planned mission to Canada, which never came about because of the uncertainty to which he referred earlier. As to contemporary forms of racism and racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, emphasis is placed on the resurgence of racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia in various parts of the world, affecting migrants and refugees in particular. This phenomenon would appear to be the consequence of the electoral successes of nationalist and extreme right parties in a number of countries and to influence measures adopted with respect to immigration, especially between countries of the South and those of the North. It may also be the consequence of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, which seems to have engendered a stigmatization of Muslims and Arabs. The report describes the persistence of racist propaganda on the Internet, where more than 200 sites propagating racial hatred have been counted. Lastly, the Special Rapporteur notes that, in parallel with the worsening of tension in the Middle East, the number of anti-Semitic acts has increased. Several thousands of incidents ranging from anti-Semitic graffiti and e-mail to desecration of cemeteries and attacks on synagogues have been reported. Demonstrations against the State of Israel have occurred in various cities throughout the world, accompanied by banners bearing extremely aggressive anti-Semitic language. In the chapter on measures taken or envisaged by Governments, judicial organs or other bodies, the report describes various affirmative action measures adopted by the Government of Brazil to remedy the effects of racial discrimination on AfroBrazilian population groups. In the United States of America, in Birmingham, Alabama, on 22 May 2002, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan, named Bobby Frank Cherry, was condemned to life imprisonment after being found guilty of the murder of four black girls following the blowing up of a church. Although more than four decades had elapsed, justice was therefore done, giving satisfaction to the parents of the victims. In France, the Court of Cassation has recognized “testing” (see para. 28) as a way of providing judicial proof of racial discrimination practised by a third party. This unusual method of combating discrimination consists in having a bailiff or the police certify that a person has been refused admission to a public establishment solely on account of the colour of his or her skin or some other somatic characteristic. 2