Working paper submitted by the Republic of Iraq, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the French

Republic
Sponsors:The Kingdom of Netherlands, The French Republic
Sigantories:Iraq,HRW, Ireland, Germany
Recalling that the actions of religious extremists are in contradiction with
Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and Article
18(1) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR),
Guided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) , the Cairo
Declaration of Human Rights in Islam, the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women(CEDAW), 3rd Geneva Convention on
extension of the laws of armed conflict,
Reaffirming that extremist behaviours cannot and should not be associated
with any religion, nationality or civilization,
Reaffiriming the principle of Resposibility to Protect and the international community duty to
prevent genocide,
Noting the Rabat Plan of Action on the prohibition of advocacy of national, racial or religious
hatred,
Alarmed by the high number of complaints reaching the Special Rapporteur on minority issues
about hateful messages and incitement to hatred that have fuelled tensions and often led to hate
crimes,
Alarmed by the current refugee crisis in the South-East Asian region and convinced the crisis has
similar elements as the European refugee crisis,
Welcomes interreligious initiatives such as the initiative to build a World Council of Religious and
Spiritual Leaders and the Millennium Peace Summit for Religious and Spiritual Leaders held in
2000,
Concerned with the atrocities committed by IS in the name of religion,
The Human Rights Council:
With regards to religious violence:
1.Suggests that religious diversity and mutual understanding be presented
more actively in in order to gain a better understanding of these concepts
through:
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2.Recommends that the international community and all relevant stakeholders
strengthen their effort in assisting the actions uptaken and funded by the U.S.

Agency for International Development, European donors and the UN towards

supporting affected countries in assisting humanitarian aid missions in order to
establish the physical and mental well being of the population in the areas
touched by religious extremists,
3.Encourages the governments of all Member States to:
a. adopt and apply relevant international humanitarian law with the purpose of protecting its
populations, whether nationals or not, from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes
against humanity,
b. revoke legislation that renders the existence of certain religious communities illegal,
c. repeal anti-blasphemy laws, anti-conversion laws and any other discriminatory criminal law
provisions, including those based on religious laws.
4. Proposes developing infrastructure, access to health care and education, the implementation of
appropriate economic policies and the consolidation of the rule of law and democracy.
5.Encourages religious communities to start initiatives of interreligious
communication and cooperation, including the establishment of interreligiou
councils, in order to ensure a borad representation, including gender balance
and participation of different generations, can ensure that larger populations
can take active ownership of such initatives.
6. Recommends all Member States to adopt the Rabat Plan of Action on the prohibition of advocacy
of national, racial or religious hatred;
7. Solemnly affirms the implementation and usage of the Responsibility to Protect as outlined in
A/RES/60/1, para. 138-140 and formulated in the Secretary-General's 2009 Report (A/63/677) on
Implementing the Responsibility to Protect;
8. Urges all member states to comply as much as possible with the recommendations made in the
Rabat Plan of Action on the prohibition of advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred, as well as
in A/HRC/28/64;
9. Stresses the important role of the media with regards to religious violence and proposes all media
outlets to:
i. Implement programmes to train, recruit and support media workers belonging to minority
groups.
ii. Always condemn violence especially when it is done in the name of religion;
10. Encourages Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to collaborate with government and civil society
organizations to combat hate speech, including providing adequate channels for the reporting of
illegal hateful content posted on their services;
Invites
With regards to religious violence in the Middle-East:
12. Affirming its support for the Islamic countries and religion;
13. Encourages the UNESCO to actively help the Republic of Iraq with regards to education and
asks The CapEFA Programme to assists Iraq in developing their national education systems;

14. Encourages a close cooperation of all UN bodies with the Arab League;
15. Recommends a strong cooperation with the Security Council towards solving thes ISIS issue;
16. Expresses its hope towards a collaboration between Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation and UNHRC towards a peaceful solution regarding this issue;
With regards to the current Rohingya refugee crisis:
17. Strongly condemns the persecution of the Rohingya muslims by the government of Myanmar;
18. Requests the special rapporteur on IDPs and the special rapporteur to Myanmar to:
i. Keep reporting actively to the council on the ongoing refugee crisis in Myanmar;
ii.
19. Calls for a close cooperation and dialogue between EU experts and the Association of South
East Asian Nations on the topic of refugees;