(a)
To eliminate laws that have an impact in terms of racial discrimination, particularly
those which target certain groups indirectly by penalizing acts which can be committed only by
persons belonging to such groups, or laws that apply only to non-nationals without legitimate grounds
or which do not respect the principle of proportionality;
(b)
To develop, through appropriate education programmes, training in respect for human
rights, tolerance and friendship among racial or ethnic groups, as well as sensitization to intercultural
relations, for law enforcement officials: police personnel, persons working in the system of justice,
prison institutions, psychiatric establishments, social and medical services, etc.;
(c)
To foster dialogue and cooperation between the police and judicial authorities and the
representatives of the various groups referred to in the last paragraph of the preamble, in order to
combat prejudice and create a relationship of trust;
(d)
To promote proper representation of persons belonging to racial and ethnic groups in
the police and the system of justice;
(e)
To ensure respect for, and recognition of the traditional systems of justice of
indigenous peoples, in conformity with international human rights law;
(f)
To make the necessary changes to the prison regime for prisoners belonging to the
groups referred to in the last paragraph of the preamble, so as to take into account their cultural and
religious practices;
(g)
To institute, in situations of mass population movements, the interim measures and
arrangements necessary for the operation of the justice system in order to take account of the
particularly vulnerable situation of displaced persons, in particular by setting up decentralized courts
at the places where the displaced persons are staying or by organizing mobile courts;
(h)
To set up, in post-conflict situations, plans for the reconstruction of the legal system
and the re-establishment of the rule of law throughout the territory of the countries concerned, by
availing themselves, in particular, of the international technical assistance provided by the relevant
United Nations entities;
(i)
To implement national strategies or plans of action aimed at the elimination of
structural racial discrimination. These long-term strategies should include specific objectives and
actions as well as indicators against which progress can be measured. They should include, in
particular, guidelines for prevention, recording, investigation and prosecution of racist or xenophobic
incidents, assessment of the level of satisfaction among all communities concerning their relations
with the police and the system of justice, and recruitment and promotion in the judicial system of
persons belonging to various racial or ethnic groups;
(j)
To entrust an independent national institution with the task of tracking, monitoring
and measuring progress made under the national plans of action and guidelines against racial
discrimination, identifying undetected manifestations of racial discrimination and submitting
recommendations and proposals for improvement.
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