A/HRC/23/56/Add.2 18 years of age and no longer have the valid residence permits to which they were entitled as minors. On racial profiling 84. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government undertake measures to put an end to ethnic and racial profiling and to strengthen the legal framework, including by amending the appropriate legislation to ensure that it includes a specific prohibition of racial profiling and establishes clear criteria for law enforcement agents for initiating and conducting stops and identity checks. While the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government ensure adequate resources for human rights and non-discrimination training with a practical dimension for law enforcement agents, he recalls that addressing the problems of racial profiling requires much more than training police officers. Indeed, awareness-raising campaigns are required to inform individuals, particularly from those groups likely to be profiled, of their rights. Ethnic and cultural diversity within the security forces is also key. More measures to improve police/community relations, build trust and carry out community policing initiatives should also be implemented. 85. The oversight over police misconduct, particularly with regard to racial discrimination and ethnic profiling, through internal disciplinary procedures should be complemented by an independent civilian mechanism. Ethnically disaggregated data on the use of stops and identity checks by law enforcement agents, including police forces, should also be collected. In this regard, the Special Rapporteur encourages the Government to promote the introduction and implementation of good practices, such as the use of registration forms by the police to record all identity checks. Such forms could provide the victims of ethnic profiling with a record of their encounter with the police that could be used as evidence when seeking remedies. On hate speech and xenophobic discourse among politicians 86. The Government should put an end to hate speech and xenophobic discourse among politicians and political leaders. This phenomenon should be tackled at all levels, including the national, regional, provincial and local levels. Political leaders have a responsibility to strongly denounce such discourse, including when it comes from within their own ranks. In particular, politicians from mainstream political parties should avoid xenophobic discourse and the scapegoating of certain groups. The Special Rapporteur calls upon the Government to strengthen the mechanisms for preventing and eliminating such utterances, and to increase vigilance with regard to extremist political parties that may emerge in this time of economic crisis. On the media and the Internet 87. The media have an important role in promoting multicultural diversity, and the influence they have in shaping opinions and attitudes on ethnic groups should be used to promote tolerance and respect for diversity. The Special Rapporteur encourages the Government to ensure a diversity of voices in the media through incentives and support to community media providing visibility and a voice to victims of racism. He also recommends to the media to further develop and implement voluntary ethical codes of conduct and self-regulatory measures, policies and practices to combat racism. 88. The Special Rapporteur also encourages the Government to take further measures to prevent and eliminate hate speech and extremism on the Internet, while duly taking into account the necessity to combat impunity for such acts. In this regard, he recommends prosecution, including by the special prosecutors on 20