A/HRC/28/47 25. Catholic, Episcopal Anglican, Lutheran, Reformed Calvinist, Baptist, Baha’i, Buddhist, Jewish and Muslim leaders have joined the El Salvador affiliate of Religions for Peace, with a view to coordinating and collaborating on joint actions. 26. Religiously motivated violence is prevented by the State, and article 7 of the Constitution prohibits the existence of armed groups of a political, religious or union nature. 27. With regard to education, the State ensures access and equality for all people, as set out in article 58 of the Constitution. Public schools are secular, while most private schools are of Christian denomination, but all educational institutions operate freely and must meet the operational requirements set by the Ministry of Education. France 28. France stated that an interministerial committee against racism and anti-Semitism (DILCRA) was charged with proposing and following the development of a national policy against racism and anti-Semitism. The policy provides for awareness-raising activities and training among diverse sectors of the public (State authorities, victims and Internet users) focused on combating stereotypes and prejudice in order to prevent racial discrimination. 29. The initial and continuing training of public authorities was identified as a specific task. As of 2015, all of the approximately 60,000 new representatives of the State will benefit from an obligatory awareness-raising training programme. Supervisors will train and mobilize their staff through seminars and training modules, in which the supervisors have already participated. DILCRA is working with ministers of the interior at the department level and ministers of education and ecology on this policy. Teacher training institutions (écoles supérieures du professorat et de l’éducation) have also been mobilized to ensure implementation of the national training policy. 30. France said that it was convinced of the fundamental importance of raising awareness among young people; an “educational continuum” targeting them would be put in place in schools and universities. As of 2015, in order to prevent stereotyping and discrimination, awareness-raising programmes will be integrated into a national common set of teaching materials focused on secular values. The training will include elements on citizenship and cultural and historical heritage, and pedagogical tools aimed at fighting racial hatred. A DILCRA working group will also work on creating linkages between cultural establishments and school groups. 31. Practical tools for use in the world of sports, for youth and for use in popular education have been designed. Several projects have been undertaken in the past months, including a legal guide on the fight against “incivility”, violence and discrimination in sports; a teaching kit entitled “Toward sports without violence …” aimed at preventing racism, issued in 2014; a guide on good practices against racism and anti-Semitism; and a history book on racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia in sports in France during the twentieth century, prepared by the Comité d’histoire des ministères chargés de la Jeunesse et des Sports. Under this national policy innovative teaching and pedagogical actions will be undertaken by associations on the ground. Germany 32. The Federal Government actively supports networking, democratic consciousness and participation, education, and the promotion of civic engagement through the Forum against Racism; the government-funded programme entitled “Cohesion through 6