A/HRC/6/17 page 24 (f) With reference to his reports on his missions to Israel (A/HRC/6/17/Add.4) and Turkey, the Special Rapporteur urges Governments to ensure that any demolition of housing or other destruction of private property conducted as a measure aimed at combating or preventing terrorism is resorted to in strict compliance with international standards of international law and is accompanied by adequate reparation. Given that the high emotional impact of such measures could easily lead to counterproductive effects in the fight against terrorism, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments exercise extreme caution when resorting to such measures. 73. With reference to States and the international community in general, the Special Rapporteur makes the following recommendations: (a) The Special Rapporteur encourages all States and intergovernmental organizations, while countering terrorism, to take into account relevant instruments for the protection and promotion of economic, social and cultural rights, in order both to avoid violations and minimize the negative impact on those rights in the fight against terrorism, and to utilize fully the potential of promoting economic, social and cultural rights as an inherent feature of long-term sustainable strategies to prevent terrorism. In particular, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the Security Council address these issues in order to provide guidance to Member States; (b) The Special Rapporteur recommends that more attention be paid to the right to education as a key right in the enjoyment of several other human rights and as a cornerstone in sustainable long-term strategies for the prevention of terrorism; (c) The Special Rapporteur recommends that attention be paid systematically to the rights of women and gender issues in the context of combating terrorism, including by securing the effective enjoyment by women of economic, social and cultural rights as another cornerstone in sustainable long-term strategies for the prevention of terrorism; (d) The Special Rapporteur urges States not to apply their counter-terrorism laws and measures to social movements or protest by indigenous peoples or minority communities who claim recognition and full protection for their economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to enjoy their own distinctive culture, which is often associated with lands and specific forms of livelihood. He recommends strict adherence to the principle that terrorism should be defined through its inexcusable methods of violence against bystanders and its intention to create fear among the general population rather than through political or other aims, which often overlap with the aims of social movements that have nothing to do with terrorist acts; (e) Reiterating the final recommendation of his latest report to the General Assembly (A/62/263), the Special Rapporteur recommends that States and intergovernmental organizations commit themselves to a greater sharing of responsibility in protracted refugee situations, which today are often intertwined with military insurgency, armed conflict and, at times, terrorist acts against civilians, and that such joint efforts be based on a transparent, profound and responsible analysis of conditions allowing for the return of refugees as well as of the existence and risk of conditions that may be

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