Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination and other relevant instruments;
135. Requests States, wherever appropriate through cooperation with international organizations, national institutions,
non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to
organize and facilitate training activities, including courses
or seminars, on international norms prohibiting racial discrimination and their applicability in domestic law, as well as
on their international human rights obligations, for prosecutors, members of the judiciary and other public officials;
136. Calls upon States to ensure that education and training, especially teacher training, promote respect for human
rights and the fight against racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance and that educational
institutions implement policies and programmes agreed by
the relevant authorities on equal opportunities, anti-racism,
gender equality, and cultural, religious and other diversity,
with the participation of teachers, parents and students, and
follow up their implementation. It further urges all educators, including teachers at all levels of education, religious
communities and the print and electronic media, to play an
effective role in human rights education, including as a
means to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance;
137. Encourages States to consider taking measures to
increase the recruitment, retention and promotion of women
and men belonging to groups which are currently under-represented in the teaching profession as a result of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and to
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