A/52/471 English Page 12 In another case, in Missouri, during the hearing of a case against an unemployed Black man, a judge said that: "The Democrat party places far too much emphasis on representing minorities ... people who don't work, and people with a skin that's any colour but white". The defendant was sentenced to death. IV. MEASURES TAKEN OR ENVISAGED BY GOVERNMENTS AND LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL BODIES 28. The Special Rapporteur has been informed of measures taken or envisaged by a number of Governments and by the legislative and judicial bodies of some States to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance or to prevent overt manifestations of them. The Rapporteur mentions below the communications received from the German and Brazilian Governments and information on initiatives taken by the United States, French and Australian Governments. The other communications received will be studied and commented on in the report to be submitted to the Commission on Human Rights at its fiftyfourth session. A. Communication from the German Government 29. In his previous report to the General Assembly (A/51/301), the Special Rapporteur noted observations made by the German Government on a number of paragraphs of his report to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session (A/49/677). He thanked the German Government for its clarifications regarding the alleged incidents of racial discrimination brought to its attention and congratulated it on the measures taken to punish the offenders and to improve, through appropriate action, the situation regarding xenophobia and racial violence. He also encouraged the German Government to pursue its efforts to curb xenophobia and racial violence. 30. In this context and in response to the Special Rapporteur's request for information on the measures taken or envisaged by Governments to combat contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, the German Government sent a communication with information on the measures taken. This included information on racially motivated violence against migrant workers and their families and other vulnerable social groups; on the responsibility of the media (including the Internet) in inciting acts of racially motivated violence; on social measures to eliminate all forms of racism, including the organization of the European Year against Racism and educating people to be tolerant; on the legal situation in the area of racism and racial discrimination (status of criminal law); on the policy for integrating foreigners; and on compensation for victims of acts of violence in the Federal Republic of Germany. The document relating to this communication is available for consultation in the secretariat (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights). /...