A/HRC/59/63
Plan provides a consolidated document that amalgamates existing United Nations policies,
frameworks and actions that address antisemitism and makes recommendations to improve
United Nations responses to antisemitism, in line with international human rights law.
V. Conclusions and recommendations
105. Neo-Nazism and related racism, xenophobia and intolerance are complex,
multifaceted and pervasive. The submissions that the Special Rapporteur received from
States and other stakeholders highlight alarming trends, including: an increase in
racially motivated hate crimes; a marked rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia since
7 October 2023; growing acceptance of far-right extremism in mainstream politics;
reduced content moderation on social media platforms, coupled with algorithms which
amplify harmful content; and the targeted recruitment of young people by extremist
groups. Member States must demonstrate strong commitment and sustained political
will to meet their international legal obligations in addressing the rise in hate crimes
and incitement to violence against ethnic, racial and religious minorities globally.
106.
The Special Rapporteur recommends that Member States:
(a)
Adopt comprehensive measures to combat racist hate speech and
xenophobic discourse, while safeguarding freedom of expression, in line with
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination general recommendation
No. 35 (2013) on combating racist hate speech, with relevant provisions of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and with the Rabat Plan of Action;
(b)
Include, in such measures, targeted steps to prevent and address the
proliferation of online hate speech, including mandating online platforms to moderate
content and take accountability for propagating hate speech;
(c)
Adopt comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation, covering all
grounds of discrimination, in line with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Racial Discrimination and with Protecting Minority Rights: A Practical Guide to
Developing Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Legislation;
(d)
Ensure
the
effective
anti-discrimination legislation;
implementation
and
monitoring
of
(e)
Ensure that all relevant acts relating to racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance and all acts relating to glorification of Nazism are
appropriately criminalized in national law, with sanctions proportionate to the severity
of the offences;
(f)
Ensure effective access to remedy, including guarantees of non-repetition
of the violations, to all victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance;
(g)
Adopt national action plans against racism and the resurgence of
neo-Nazism and take all necessary steps to ensure their effective implementation;
(h)
threats;
Strengthen democratic institutions to enhance resilience against extremist
(i)
Withdraw any reservations to article 4 of the International Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;
(j)
Employ education and public awareness campaigns to combat racist
stereotypes and promote diversity to prevent hate crimes and hate speech, and to
educate individuals to critically evaluate information in order to combat the spread of
disinformation, including by ensuring that such topics are included within curricula at
all stages of education;
(k)
Collect and disseminate disaggregated data on all forms of hate crime and
hate speech that promote racist and neo-Nazi ideologies to develop a full understanding
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