A/HRC/7/14 Page 22 this regard, educational measures, in particular widespread literacy programmes, need to be promoted as the sole alternative for empowering people and prepare them to become active members of the information society. Besides traditional literacy programmes, new policies and programmes should be promoted in order to foster education for the new media as the most important empowerment tool for the twenty-first century. Freedom of opinion and expression and freedom of religion 63. In recent years, and with increased frequency, particularly due to events that dominated international politics recently, an alleged dichotomy between the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the right to freedom of religion or belief has been purported. In particular, it has been argued that the dogmatic use of freedom of expression as a fundamental human right has undermined people’s ability to fully enjoy other human rights, in particular freedom of religion. The Special Rapporteur strongly rejects such a view, as it contradicts the clearly established notion and widely accepted principle that human rights are indivisible rather than rival principles. In particular, the ensemble of human rights can only be fully enjoyed in an environment that guarantees freedom and pluralism. 64. Practices such as stereotyping and insulting ethnic, national, social or religious groups have serious and damaging consequences for the promotion of dialogue and living together among different communities. To fight intolerance and discrimination and to create a solid basis for the strengthening of democracy, broad-based and long-lasting programmes and actions need to be developed to promote respect for diversity, multiculturalism and human rights education. 65. The Special Rapporteur also emphasizes that existing international instruments establish a clear limit on freedom of expression. In particular, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provides that “any propaganda for war” and “any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited by law”. The main problem thus lies in identifying at which point exactly these thresholds are reached. The Special Rapporteur underscores that this decision, which is ultimately a subjective one, should meet a number of requirements. In particular, it