Helsinki 1992
Tolerance and non-discrimination
The participating States
(30) Express their concern over recent and flagrant manifestations of intolerance, discrimination, aggressive nationalism, xenophobia, anti-semitism and racism and stress
the vital role of tolerance, understanding and co-operation in the achievement and preservation of stable democratic societies;
(…)
(32) Will consider adhering to the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination, if they have not already done so;
(33) Will consider taking appropriate measures within their constitutional framework
and in conformity with their international obligations to assure to everyone on their
territory protection against discrimination on racial, ethnic and religious grounds, as
well as to protect all individuals, including foreigners, against acts of violence, including
on any of these grounds. Moreover, they will make full use of their domestic legal processes, including enforcement of existing laws in this regard;
(34) Will consider developing programmes to create the conditions for promoting nondiscrimination and cross-cultural understanding which will focus on human rights
education, grass-roots action, cross-cultural training and research;
(35) Reaffirm, in this context, the need to develop appropriate programmes addressing
problems of their respective nationals belonging to Roma and other groups traditionally
identified as Gypsies and to create conditions for them to have equal opportunities to
participate fully in the life of society, and will consider how to co-operate to this end.
Migrant workers
The participating States
(36) Restate that human rights and fundamental freedoms are universal, that they are
also enjoyed by migrant workers wherever they live and stress the importance of implementing all CSCE commitments on migrant workers and their families lawfully residing in the participating States;
(37) Will encourage the creation of conditions to foster greater harmony in relations
between migrant workers and the rest of the society of the participating State in which
they lawfully reside. To this end, they will seek to offer, inter alia, measures to facilitate
the familiarization of migrant workers and their families with the languages and social
life of the respective participating State in which they lawfully reside so as to enable
them to participate in the life of the society of the host country;
(38) Will, in accordance with their domestic policies, laws and international obligations seek, as appropriate, to create the conditions for promoting equality of oppor144 OSCE Human Dimension Commitments
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