A/HRC/37/77 F. Training and awareness-raising for law enforcement officials and the judiciary Conclusions 95. The Working Group: (a) Expresses deep concern about cases of lack of accountability for acts of racial discrimination and violence, which result in the denial of the human rights of the victims of such acts and violence; (b) Recognizes the challenges of ensuring that judges and law enforcement officials are aware of racially motivated offences and that they are able to identify the aggravating character of racist offences; (c) Recognizes the importance of training the personnel of the judiciary, law enforcement officials and officers at the border and in detention facilities to prevent and fight racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. Recommendations 96. The Working Group recommends that: (a) Member States combat impunity for acts of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, secure expeditious access to justice and provide fair and adequate redress for victims; (b) Member States do not resort to profiling based on grounds of discrimination prohibited by international law, including on the grounds of race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin, and that they prohibit it by law; (c) Member States formulate and implement training programmes for law enforcement officials, immigration and border officials and members of the judiciary with a view to sensitizing them to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and to developing the necessary skills for the identification, recording, investigation, prosecution and sanctioning of racist crimes, and for ensuring the fair and adequate treatment of victims; (d) National human rights institutions and civil society organizations develop capacity-building, awareness-raising and training materials for law enforcement officials, members of the judiciary and relevant civil servants, with a view to preventing racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in the enforcement of the law; (e) In that regard, OHCHR use its capacity-building framework to develop anti-racist training tools for the use of the judiciary and law enforcement officials, building upon existing good practices. G. Monitoring and investigating hate speech and hate crimes Conclusions 97. The Working Group: (a) Recognizes that the prevalence of racist and xenophobic hate speech in all regions of the world continues to represent a significant contemporary challenge for human rights; (b) Expresses deep concern about the use of new information technologies, such as the Internet, for purposes contrary to respect for human dignity, equality, non-discrimination, respect for others and tolerance, including propagating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and that, in particular, children and youth having access to such material could be negatively influenced by it; 17

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