A/HRC/6/22
page 79
(c) To ensure that appropriate measures are taken in order to adequately and effectively
guarantee the freedom of religion or belief of women as well as individuals from other
vulnerable groups, including persons deprived of their liberty, refugees, children, persons
belonging to minorities and migrants;
(d) To ensure that any advocacy of religious hatred that constitutes incitement to
discrimination, hostility or violence is prohibited by law;
(e) To exert the utmost efforts, in accordance with their national legislation and in
conformity with international human rights and humanitarian law, to ensure that religious places,
sites, shrines and symbols are fully respected and protected and to take additional measures in
cases where they are vulnerable to desecration or destruction;
(f) To review, whenever relevant, existing registration practices in order to ensure the
right of all persons to manifest their religion or belief, alone or in community with others and in
public or in private;
(g) To ensure, in particular, the right of all persons to worship or assemble in connection
with a religion or belief and to establish and maintain places for these purposes and the right of
all persons to write, issue and disseminate relevant publications in these areas;
(h) To ensure that, in accordance with appropriate national legislation and in conformity
with international human rights law, the freedom of all persons and members of groups to
establish and maintain religious, charitable or humanitarian institutions is fully respected and
protected;
(i) To ensure that, on account of religion or belief or the expression or manifestation of
religion or belief, no one within their jurisdiction is deprived of the right to life, liberty or
security of person, subjected to torture or arbitrary arrest or detention, or denied the rights to
work, education or adequate housing, as well as the right to seek asylum, and to bring to justice
all perpetrators of violations of these rights;
(j) To ensure that all public officials and civil servants, including members of law
enforcement bodies, the military and educators, in the course of their official duties, respect
different religions and beliefs and do not discriminate on the grounds of religion or belief, and
that all necessary and appropriate education or training is provided;
(k) To step up efforts in implementing the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms
of Intolerance and of Discrimination based on Religion or Belief;
(l) To take all necessary and appropriate action, in conformity with international
standards of human rights, to combat hatred, intolerance and acts of violence, intimidation and
coercion motivated by intolerance based on religion or belief, as well as incitement to hostility
and violence, with particular regard to religious minorities, and devoting particular attention to
practices that violate the human rights of women and discriminate against women, including in
the exercise of their right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief;
Select target paragraph3
Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents