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;
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