A/HRC/34/30 41. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination emphasized that States should ensure that any measures taken in the fight against terrorism do not discriminate, in purpose or effect, on the grounds of race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin and that non-citizens are not subjected to racial or ethnic profiling or stereotyping. 62 Moreover, it has been emphasized in several contributions to the present report that religious leaders can play a particularly important role in the context of interreligious dialogue and tolerance63 as well as in countering terrorism and violent extremism by presenting religious messages that promote human civilizational values and spread the concepts of love and mercy for everyone.64 6. Impact on the right to work and the right to health 42. Acts of terrorism have had a significant impact on the enjoyment of the right to health for direct and indirect victims. Attacks by Boko Haram in September 2013 on 21 health districts in Cameroon, for example, lead to the shutdown of 47 health centres in Fotokol, Guzdal and Koza. These centres reportedly hosted internally displaced persons before they fled for fear of further attacks by Boko Haram. 65 In addition, attacks on girls’ education have a negative impact on the right to health for girls, their families and communities because girls who are prevented from accessing education are less exposed to basic information and less empowered to make decisions about health issues, including nutrition, sexual and reproductive health, hygiene and preventive health care. 66 One contribution to the present report highlighted the long-term impairments that may result from acts of terrorism, such as loss of limbs or of the senses, causing the victims to live with incapacity and pain for their entire lives and to require someone to care for them and their family. 67 Furthermore, public spending on counter-terrorism often focuses on investment in the military, on policing and on intelligence gathering and analysis, which may adversely affect financial allocations to basic social services, including the health sector.68 43. Another contribution to the present report highlighted the impact of terrorist attacks — such as the bombing of an aeroplane over the Sinai Peninsula in October 2015 — on the tourism industry, with negative implications for employment, tourism facilities and the national economy.69 More broadly, terrorism may have both a direct impact on the tourism sector — through decreased tourist numbers, leading to decreased spending — and an indirect impact, owing to decreased employment and reduced flow-on effects to other industries, such as food services, cleaning and maintenance businesses. 70 In the context of counter-terrorism measures, the right to work may also be negatively impacted by the freezing of assets or the inclusion of individuals on a sanctions list, which could prevent them from travelling freely and accepting offers of employment in another country. 71 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 12 See the Committee’s general recommendation No. 30 (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens, para. 10. See, for example, the contributions from Mexico and Togo. See contribution from Association pour la défense des droits de la femme en Mauritanie. See A/HRC/30/67, para. 49. See www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/CEDAW/Report_attacks_on_girls_Feb2015.pdf. See contribution from Egypt. See A/HRC/12/22, para. 24. See contribution from Egypt. See Institute for Economics and Peace, Global Terrorism Index 2016, p. 67. Available at http://economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Global-Terrorism-Index-2016.2.pdf. See A/HRC/12/22, para. 41; and communication No. 1472/2006, Sayadi and Vinck v. Belgium, Views adopted on 22 October 2008.