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VI. Recommendations
59.
The Special Rapporteur urges Member States to take concrete measures to
prevent and combat the rise of antisemitism, in accordance with international human
rights standards, and to provide victims with appropriate remedies.
60.
The Special Rapporteur recommends that States ensure effective enforcement
of laws prohibiting organizations and associations that promote or incite racial,
religious and national hatred, while protecting the human rights to freedom of
expression and speech. She also urges those States that have made reservations to
article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination to withdraw those reservations.
61.
The Special Rapporteur reiterates her recommendation that Member States
adopt comprehensive measures to combat racist hate speech, in line with the
recommendations of other United Nations human rights mechanisms and mandate
holders. She would like to highlight the recommendations of the Committee on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination, especially general recommendation No. 35, and
the adoption of comprehensive measures to address hate speech and xenophobic
political discourse.
62.
The Special Rapporteur recommends that States develop comprehensive
frameworks to combat the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices
that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance. She urges States to develop, in consultation with
civil society and international, regional and national human rights mechanisms,
strategies that combat antisemitism and extremist movements, including those of neoNazis and white supremacists.
63.
The Special Rapporteur recognizes the importance of legislative measures in
combating racism, but emphasizes that education is also vital to addressing racism
and fostering intercultural dialogue. Education has a central role to play in combating
racist stereotypes and promoting diversity. In this regard, civil society can play a
critical role in collecting disaggregated data on racist crimes, offering support to
victims of hate crime and conducting public awareness campaigns.
64.
The Special Rapporteur underlines the importance of making linkages between
antisemitic racism and other forms of racism and intolerance. She highlights the need
to take action to address racism and xenophobia. She emphasizes the importance of
Members States collaborating with a wide array of actors to implement strategies that
address the institutional and individual sources of neo-Nazism, white supremacy and
other extremist movements.
65.
The Special Rapporteur underscores the need to address the distorted
portrayals of racial, ethnic and religious groups that reinforce stereotypes and incite
violence. She reaffirms the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination and previous mandate holders that Member States take all
necessary and appropriate measures to implement the Durban Declaration and
Programme of Action, as well as the outcome document of the Durban Review
Conference. The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, which are
comprehensive and outline concrete measures to combat racism, xenophobia and
related intolerance, are vital to ensuring effective implementation of the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and developing
a victim-centered approach to combating racism and xenophobia.
66.
The Special Rapporteur urges political leaders and political parties to condemn
racist hate speech and hold all perpetrators accountable for incitement to hatred and
violence.
67.
The Special Rapporteur acknowledges the efforts made by several States to
monitor hate crime and speech that promotes racist ideology. These efforts should be
further strengthened by collecting reliable and comparable disaggregated data. Data
should be disaggregated by the grounds on which offences were committed, and the
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