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Publication Code of 15 November 1958 prohibits incitement to racial discrimination
or violence based on sex, origin, colour or ethnicity or religious membership. The
cahier des charges of the Société d’Etudes et de Réalisations Audiovisuelles
strengthens legal provisions regarding negative advertising.
32. The Government also highlighted the measures adopted to combat
discrimination against foreigners. Morocco has elaborated a national immigration
and asylum strategy and has provided support to civil society organizations working
in the field of migration, with the aim of promoting tolerance and combating hatred
and discrimination. The Ministry in charge of Moroccans living abroad and of
migration affairs also organized a seminar on the “challenges of cultural diversity
and integration”. In addition, strategic measures have been adopted to strengthen
foreigners’ access to health care, education, the labour market, accommodation,
legal aid and social and humanitarian assistance, including measures targeting youth
and sport, and civil society.
33. The Government affirmed its commitment to combating racial discrimination
and xenophobia in prisons by ensuring that all new prison wardens consistently
receive appropriate training. The Government also reported its commitment to
ensuring that children’s education includes learning tolerance, moderation,
acceptance of others and religious coexistence, and that children are educated to
fight against extremism, violence and racial discrimination. As a result of the
introduction of the programme to combat illiteracy in mosques, there are a number
of awareness-raising campaigns about the negative effects of all forms of
discrimination. The Centre for Documentation and Cultural Activities organizes
conferences and seminars stressing that Islam is a religion of tolerance.
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34. The Government of Paraguay reported that, under article 137, its Constitution
holds supremacy over other legal norms. The Government also underlined the fact
that Paraguay has ratified various international instruments under which the
Government is obligated to respect rights and liberties and to adopt measures in line
with the provisions of those instruments. With regard to the inter -American system,
the Government underscored the fact that the American Convention on Human
Rights is an effective tool for determining the constitutionality of laws and
guaranteeing the observance of human rights throughout the continent. Article 13 of
the Convention concerning “Freedom of Thought and Expression” provides for a
wide range of rights which guarantee this freedom, especially for those who have
the responsibility to communicate and disseminate information. The exercise of this
right shall not be subject to prior censorship. Paragraph 5 of the Convention
stipulates that “Any propaganda for war and any advocacy of national, racial, or
religious hatred that constitute incitements to lawless violence or to any other
similar action against any person or group of persons on any grounds including
those of race, colour, religion, language, or national origin shall be considered as
offenses punishable by law.”
35. The Government also made reference to article 140 of the Constitution, which
identifies Paraguay as a multicultural State, recognizing the diversity of the social
composition of the population in the terms used in the Internation al Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Regarding political parties
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