the rights or reputations of others, or for the protection of national security or of
public order, or of public health or morals;
13.
Reaffirms that general comment No. 15 of the Committee on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination, in which the Committee stipulates that the
prohibition of the dissemination of all ideas based upon racial superiority or hatred is
compatible with the freedom of opinion and expression, is equally applicable to the
question of incitement to religious hatred;
14.
Deplores the use of printed, audio-visual and electronic media,
including the Internet, and of any other means to incite acts of violence, xenophobia
or related intolerance and discrimination towards Islam or any religion;
15.
Invites the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to continue to report on all
manifestations of defamation of religions, and in particular on the serious implications
of Islamophobia, on the enjoyment of all rights to the Council at its ninth session;
16.
Requests the High Commissioner for Human Rights to report on the
implementation of the present resolution and to submit a study compiling relevant
existing legislations and jurisprudence concerning defamation of and contempt for
religions to the Council at its ninth session.
40th meeting
27 March 2008
Adopted by a recorded vote of 21 to 10, with 14 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia,
Jordan, Malaysia, Mali, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar,
Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka.
Against:
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia,
Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Abstaining:
Bolivia, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Japan, Madagascar,
Mauritius, Mexico, Peru, Republic of Korea, Uruguay, Zambia.
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