A/69/266 human rights of internally displaced persons, the Special Rapporteur again voiced her grave concern over the situation of the mainly minority Muslim internally displaced persons in the Central African Republic and urged that minority rights protections be applied. 24 She stressed that the situation in the country was extreme and that saving lives must be a paramount concern. V. Early warning and urgent response mechanisms 49. Violence against minorities may be difficult to predict and rapidly develop based on a particular event or trigger. However, in some cases warning signs are evident long before violence breaks out and opportunities exist to prevent it at an important early stage. What is essential is that early warning indicators lead to early action to avert violence. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has elaborated indicators relating to the threat of genocide. These and similar indicators can and should be used to identify lower-level risk of violence against minorities. Fifteen indicators were elaborated to assess the existence of factors known to lead to conflict and genocide (see A/60/18, chap. II), and can be summarized as follows: • Lack of a legislative framework discrimination and provide recourse and institutions to prevent racial • Denial of the existence of particular groups • Systematic exclusion from positions of power, employment in State institutions and key professions • Compulsory identification including the use of identit y cards that indicate ethnicity • Grossly biased versions of historical events • Forced removal of children • Policies of segregation • Speech or propaganda that promotes hatred and/or incites violence against minority groups • Statements that express support for the superiority of a race or an ethnic group, dehumanize and demonize minorities, or condone or justify violence • Violence or severe restrictions targeting minority groups perceived to have traditionally maintained a prominent position • Serious patterns of individual attacks on members of minorities • Militia groups and/or extreme political groups established o n the basis of racist platforms • Significant flows of refugees and internally displaced persons belonging to ethnic or religious groups • Disparities in discrimination socioeconomic indicators that evidence serious racial __________________ 24 14/24 www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14538&LangID=E. 14-58850