Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices
that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
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neo-Nazis and skinhead groups, and other similar extremist ideological movements
that incite racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and r elated intolerance;
57. Recalls the request of the Commission on Human Rights, in its resolution
2005/5, 5 that the Special Rapporteur continue to reflect on this issue, make relevant
recommendations in future reports and seek and take into account in this regard the
views of Governments and non-governmental organizations;
58. Invites States to consider including in their reports for the universal
periodic review and their reports to relevant treaty bodies information on the steps
taken to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,
including with the aim of implementing the provisions of the present resolution;
59. Requests the Special Rapporteur to prepare, for submission to the General
Assembly at its seventy-fourth session and to the Human Rights Council at its fortyfirst session, reports on the implementation of the present resolution, and encourages
the Special Rapporteur to pay specific attention to paragraphs 5, 11, 12, 13, 16, 23,
25, 42 and 43 above, based on the views collected in accordance with the request of
the Commission, as recalled in paragraph 57 above;
60. Expresses its appreciation to those Governments and non-governmental
organizations that have submitted information to the Special Rapporteur in the course
of the preparation of her report to the General Assembly;
61. Encourages States and non-governmental organizations to provide
information to the Special Rapporteur on developments with regard to the issues
raised in the present resolution in order to contribute to the preparation of future
reports to the General Assembly;
62. Stresses that such information is important for the sharing of experiences
and best practices in the fight against extremist political parties, movements and
groups, including neo-Nazis and skinhead groups, and other extremist ideological
movements that incite racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance;
63. Encourages Governments to invest more resources in building and sharing
knowledge on successful positive measures to prevent and counter racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance that go beyond sanctioning
violations once they have occurred, including the provision of remedies to victims of
relevant violations;
64. Encourages Governments and non-governmental organizations to
cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the exercise of the tasks outlined in
paragraph 59 above;
65. Encourages Governments, non-governmental organizations and relevant
actors to disseminate, as widely as possible, information regarding the contents of
and the principles outlined in the present resolution, including through the media, but
not limited to it;
66.
Decides to remain seized of the issue.
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