HIGHLIGHTS OF RESULTS ND5 Principles and practices effectively counter discrimination and hate speech in the digital space. The High Commissioner and the Deputy High Commissioner raised their concerns about the pushback on women’s rights and gender equality, including in online attacks, misogyny and hate speech in several high-level discussions, including at the Commission on the Status of Women, which was held in New York, in March; at the Women Deliver 2019 Conference, which was held in Vancouver, in June; and at the twenty-fifth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development, which was held in Nairobi, in November. The Office also contributed to the Doha Forum’s panel on “New Models for Online Content Governance,” during which panellists explored issues such as current and proposed efforts to monitor, regulate and curate online content; who should define what constitutes misinformation, hatred and violence on digital platforms; and risks associated with private actors developing their own decision-making frameworks for the removal of content. To this end, OHCHR developed a joint project with UN Global Pulse for monitoring online hate speech and incitement. In the context of the rampant discourse emanating from religious and political groups opposing gender equality, UN Human Rights implemented activities aimed at countering the prevalence of hate speech and negative stereotyping directed towards women, LGBTI persons and groups that are frequently subject to discrimination. For instance, within the context of Human Rights Day, the Regional Office for Central America and Panama’s Museum of Contemporary Arts co-organized a digital arts exhibition, which included a specific segment emphasizing the need to combat the use of harmful stereotyping and its negative impact on the enjoyment of human rights of discriminated persons and groups. ND6 The human rights of all migrants, particularly those in vulnerable situations, are protected. OHCHR supported selected State institutions and programmes in the Middle East and North Africa to significantly improve their compliance with international human rights norms and standards on migration. The Office translated into Arabic the Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights at International Borders and widely disseminated this document during capacity-building activities and discussions with governmental and non-governmental partners in the region. OHCHR also organized a training programme on these guidelines and conducted training sessions on the protection of migrants across borders for the Lebanese General Security (GS). As a result of the programme, 150 GS Officers were trained on human rights principles and guidelines for border management, trafficking and due process in border management. The programme allowed UN Human Rights to further engage with GS and relevant UN entities to uphold the rights of people on the move. In 2019, concluding observations issued by CMW in relation to Argentina, Colombia and Guatemala addressed frontier issues, such as mixed migratory movements, and in particular, migrations known as the “migrant caravans.” The Committee also highlighted the human rights of women and children on the move in the context of the massive migration of Venezuelan citizens, including in relation to citizenship for Venezuelan children born in Argentina and Colombia, family reunification, border management capacities and the lack of infrastructure at border crossing points. The Committee expressed its concern about the persistence of xenophobic attacks and hate speech against migrants from the media. In addition, CRPD issued recommendations concerning people’s displacement and movement, particularly migrants, asylum seekers and refugees with disabilities, in 15 out of 18 concluding observations and recommendations that were issued during the year. 44 UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2019 Shifts: Global Constituency Prevention Civic Space

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