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(vi)
Internally displaced persons;
(vii)
Descent-based communities;
(viii)
Indigenous peoples;
(ix)
Minorities;
(x)
People under foreign occupation;
(xi)
Other specific groups?
2.
If you have identified any gaps, can you please propose normative contents that should be
incorporated into the system of international legal instruments to fill these gaps?
III. RESPONSIBILITIES (POSITIVE OBLIGATIONS)
OF STATES PARTIES
1.
Please provide your comments on the question as to whether there are normative gaps in
the existing international legal instruments to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance with regard to the establishment of related responsibilities, in particular in
the context of:
(i)
Adopting and implementing comprehensive anti-discrimination
legislation;
(ii)
Introducing legal definitions of types of discrimination in national
legislation;
(iii)
Providing for special measures to ensure equality (equal opportunity and equal
enjoyment);
(iv)
Binding non-State actors and holding them accountable for discrimination;
(v)
Ensuring effective remedy to victims of racial discrimination and related
abuses;
(vi)
Applying appropriate rules of standard and burden of proof in discrimination
cases;
(vii)
Promoting equality and tolerance through policies including education on human
nights, pluralism and multiculturalism;
(viii)
Establishing and empowering specialised national bodies.
2.
If you have identified any gaps, can you please propose normative contents that should be
incorporated into the system of international legal instruments to fill these gaps?
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