A/HRC/35/41 Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur ............................................................................................. 3 A. Country visits ........................................................................................................................ 3 B. Other activities ...................................................................................................................... 3 Thematic work of the mandate, in particular during the past six years ......................................... 4 A. A global understanding of xenophobia ................................................................................. 4 B. Racism on the Internet and social media .............................................................................. 6 C. Focus on prevention of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance ................................................................................................................. 7 Role of education in preventing racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance ............................................................................................................................ 8 E. Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in sports ....................... 9 F. Value of data and statistics ................................................................................................... 10 Challenges to combating racism and xenophobia in the context of countering terrorism ............. 11 III. D. IV. A. Rise of political extremism and the increased incidence of racist and xenophobic hate crimes and violence .............................................................................................................. 11 B. Xenophobia and racism in immigration and border control policies .................................... 13 C. Impact of overbroad counter-terrorism legislation on the human rights of racial minorities and those perceived as foreign ............................................................................. 14 D. Surveillance of racial minorities and groups perceived as foreign ....................................... 15 E. International, regional and national norms prohibiting racism and xenophobia, especially in the context of countering terrorism ................................................................................... 15 Good practices ...................................................................................................................... 17 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 18 F. V. 2