A/HRC/40/75
(g)
Recalls the commitment at the 2001 World Conference against Racism,
Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance for the achievement of
the universal ratification of the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination by 2005, which has not been met, and to this end,
invites the High Commissioner for Human Rights to maintain a regular publication
on the status of ratification of this fundamental instrument for the attainment of
human dignity and equality;
(h)
Notes with deep concern that violent manifestations of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance all over the world have been
increasing and points out that efforts to combat their spread should be enhanced at
international, regional and national levels;
(i)
Recognizes that victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia,
and related intolerance can suffer from multiple, aggravated or intersecting forms of
discrimination, based on other related grounds, such as sex, language, religion,
political or other opinion, social origin, property, birth or other status;
(j)
Recognizes the importance of paying special attention to new
manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to
which youth and other vulnerable groups might be exposed;
(k)
Recalls the urgency for States and international and regional
organizations, NGOs and the private sector to address the situation of persons with
disabilities who are also subject to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance and to multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination, and urges
them to take the necessary measures to ensure their full enjoyment of all human rights
and to facilitate their full integration into all fields of life, and in that regard urges all
States that have not done so to sign and ratify the International Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol as a matter of priority;
(l)
Recognizes that many contemporary forms of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance are related to the legacy of slavery,
the slave trade, especially the transatlantic slave trade, apartheid, colonialism and
genocide, and further acknowledges that slavery and the slave trade are crimes
against humanity and should always have been so, especially the transatlantic slave
trade, and are among the major sources and manifestations of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;
(m) Expresses concern with regard to the increase in the incitement to
violence, racial hatred, hate speech, hate crimes, neo-Nazism, neo-Fascism and violent
nationalist ideologies based on racial or national prejudice, including the resurgence
of white supremacist ideologies that fuel contemporary forms of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in particular in relation to people
of African descent, Asians and people of Asian descent, Roma, gypsies and Sinti, as
well as migrants, refugees and asylum seekers;
(n)
Underlines the key role that politicians, political parties and movements,
together with other relevant actors, can play in combating and preventing racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and encourages political
parties to take concrete steps to promote equality, solidarity and non-discrimination
in society, inter alia to take decisive steps to combat racism in all its forms and
manifestations and to move away from denials of the persistence of racism, such as by
developing voluntary codes of conduct that include internal disciplinary measures for
violations thereof, so that members of political parties and movements refrain from
public statements and actions that encourage or incite racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance;
(o)
Reaffirms, in line with the Durban Declaration and Programme of
Action, that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating the superiority
of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin, racial, religious, ethnic or
cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, morally condemnable and socially
unjust;
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