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minorities and women. This should be done, in particular through education in
accordance with international standards, informed by humanism, including about the
value of cultural diversity, the cultural rights of all and histories of coexistence;
(c)
Examine how and why fundamentalism and extremism take root in any
given society and combat the root causes through, inter alia, implementation of
economic, social and cultural rights;
(d)
Develop a framework for recognizing the warning signs of
fundamentalism and take preventive action in accordance with international norms to
stop the rise of such movements and ensure human rights.
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States should:
(a)
Respect, protect and fulfil cultural rights, including the right to freedom
of artistic expression and the right to take part in cultural life without discrimination,
in accordance with their international obligations;
(b)
Recognize and emphasize the promotion and respect of culture and
cultural rights, with adequate funding and including the equal cultural rights of
women, as core aspects of any successful strategies for tackling fundamentalism and
extremism;
(c)
principle;
(d)
Reaffirm the universality of human rights and not undermine this
Promote equality for all, in accordance with international standards;
(e)
Ratify and implement relevant human rights treaties, including the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and its Optional
Protocol;
(f)
Lift all reservations to human rights treaties, and the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in particular, which
undermine the principles of universality and equality;
(g)
Act in accordance with due diligence standards to ensure that non-State
actors engaging in fundamentalist and extremist abuses of cultural rights are
prosecuted and punished according to international norms;
(h)
Prevent violations of cultural rights by non-State actors, including by
prohibiting funding of fundamentalist and extremist groups, in accordance with
international standards; redouble efforts to stop the flow of arms and resources to
extremist and fundamentalist groups;
(i)
Condemn all acts of extremist or fundamentalist violence, in particular
those that undermine cultural rights, and express solidarity with victims;
(j)
Ensure that all victims of fundamentalist or extremist abuses, including
in the cultural rights area, have access to an adequate remedy, reparation and
compensation, without discrimination;
(k)
Develop plans of action that are fully gender sensitive to protect
religious, ethnic and sexual minorities and women from extremism and
fundamentalism, and implement urgent action policies when such groups are the
targets of fundamentalist and extremist threats or violence;
(l)
Ensure that those at risk from fundamentalist and extremist violence
and abuse, including as a result of exercising their cultural rights, are given asylum,
are not returned to contexts where they will be at risk and are fully protected,
including from xenophobic attack, while in refugee camps and centres;
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