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Thank you for some inspiring and very detailed comments, on many different strands of the topic. Perhaps at this stage I might just come with an observation and a slightly provocative question to one of the red treads that I see: there seem to be a strong emphasis on human rights education (HRE), awareness raising and changing people’s prejudices etc, esp at class-room level. This is undoubtedly the way forward, but are we too ambitious on this point, do we inadvertently place too much responsibility on the shoulders of teacher (even when they are trained in HRE)? Does this also reflect a certain discomfort with more legal and judicial mechanisms? Or at least a certain hesitancy with regard to enforceability/utility of the legal argument, and, as we have seen below, the challenges to define discrimination? HRE may certainly appear softer, but is it also easier? Should we look also for more binding norms on HRE?
A holistic national (and international) strategy must of course include all avenues (HRE, legal, enforceability, UN, regional, ombudspersons, Reflect, emergencies etc etc), but I am nevertheless curious about the strong emphasis on the class-room level and role of teachers, and the possible risk of taking focus away from States as prime duty-bearers. Any thoughts on this? Or on other of the issues raised so far? Thank you again and please keep following the debate.