A/76/369 have been mobilizing human rights defenders in Tunisia to demand the elimination of all forms of racism and ethnic and religious hatred and ensure the protection of human rights of migrants, especially African students from sub -Saharan countries. 42. On 13 January 1967, the Tunisian State ratified the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The preamble to the Tunisian Constitution of 2014 includes a set of principles and values of solidarity, respe ct, tolerance, human values and the principles of universal human rights, as well as urging integration with African peoples, cooperation with the peoples of the world and the combating of all forms of racism. The provisions of chapter II of Law No. 50/2018 also concern the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination. In 2021, Tunisia created the National Committee against Racial Discrimination. 43. The Government of Tunisia stated that it has adopted a preventive approach whereby it pledges to spread the culture of human rights, equality, tolerance and acceptance of others among the various components of society in accordance with article 49 of the Constitution. In addition, Tunisia has criminalized all kinds of discrimination, hatred, incitement and support for such acts by several pieces of legislation, namely Decree No. 2011-115/2011 on freedom of the press, printing and publishing, and chapter 9 of Constitution Law No. 50/2018, on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination. Moreover, in addition to criminalizing racial discrimination, Law No. 50/2018 also included provisions criminalizing the incitement to hatred, violence, discrimination, segregation, exclusion or threat thereof against any person or group of persons based on racial discrimination. It penalizes the spreading of ideas based on racial discrimination, racial superiority or racial hatred by any means, as well as praising the practices of racial discrimination through any means. Forming a group or organization that clearly and repeatedly supports, affiliates with or participates in racial discrimination and supporting activities, associations or organizations of a racist nature have also been included as criminal offences. In addition, Law No. 50/2018 provides the victims of ra cial discrimination with psychological, social and legal protection, as well as fair and appropriate judicial compensation. 44. Furthermore, the Government of Tunisia stated that the Ministry of Religious Affairs has developed an integrated programme to im plement the national strategy to combat terrorism and extremism to raise public awareness and sensitization. The Ministry of Education has also launched an educational guide and an interactive electronic platform for “education on human rights, promotion o f freedom of expression and combating hate speech in the school environment”. III. Summary of submissions from intergovernmental organizations and civil society organizations 45. In the present section, the Special Rapporteur summarizes the submission s from civil society organizations describing efforts and challenges related to combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. However, she emphasizes that by providing these summaries of civil society submissions, she does not endorse or confirm allegations levelled against specific actors. 46. WHO submitted information on its actions to address racial and ethnic discrimination. It reported on the various multilateral efforts undertaken to raise awareness for addressing structural racial and ethnic discrimination, which included a consultative process that culminated with the United Nations frontier dialogue on 21-13874 11/16

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