Measures to Be Taken Against Nazi, Fascist and Neo-Fascist Activities and All Other Forms of Totalitarian Ideologies and Practices Based on Racial Intolerance, Hatred and Terror

A/RES/37/179View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 12 Report of the Economic and Social Council, published in 1983.

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7 versions · 1981–1987

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/41/160

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1987	A/RES/41/160	Measures to be taken against Nazi, Fascist and neo-Fascist activities and all other forms of totalitarian ideologies and practices based on racial intolerance, hatred and terror	868	38%Compare
1986	A/RES/40/148	Measures to be taken against Nazi, Fascist and neo-Fascist activities and all other forms of totalitarian ideologies and practices based on racial intolerance, hatred and terror	1,631	46%Compare
1985	A/RES/39/114	Measures to be taken against Nazi, Fascist and neo-Fascist activities and all other forms of totalitarian ideologies and practices based on racial intolerance, hatred and terror	1,600	—
1984	A/RES/38/99	Measures to be taken against Nazi, Fascist and neo-Fascist activities and all other forms of totalitarian ideologies and practices based on racial intolerance, hatred and terror	—	—
1983	A/RES/37/179	Measures to be taken against Nazi, Fascist and neo-Fascist activities and all other forms of totalitarian ideologies and practices based on racial intolerance, hatred and terror	905	75%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Fascism Human Rights Violations Information Dissemination Nazism

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9 operative paragraphs

Again condemns all totalitarian or other ideologies and practices, in particular Nazi, Fascist and neo-Fascist, based on racial or ethnic exclusiveness or intolerance, hatred, terror, systematic denial of human rights and fundamental freedoms, or which have such consequences;

Urges all States to draw attention to the threats to democratic institutions by the above-mentioned ideologies and practices and to consider taking measures, in accordance with their national constitutional systems and with the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights, to prohibit or otherwise deter activities by groups or organizations or whoever is practising those ideologies;

Calls upon the appropriate specialized agencies, as well as intergovernmental and international non-governmental organizations, to initiate or intensify measures against the ideologies and practices described in paragraph I above;

Invites Member States to adopt, in accordance with their national constitutional systems and with the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights, as a matter of high priority, measures declaring punishable by law any dissemination of ideas based on racial superiority or hatred and of war propaganda, including Nazi, Fascist and neo-Fascist ideologies;

Appeals to all States that have not yet done so to ratify or to accede to the International Covenants on Human Rights, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity 122 and the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid; 123 6.

Calls once again upon all States to provide the Secretary-General with their comments on this question;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat pays attention to the dissemination of information exposing the ideologies and practices described in paragraph 1 above;

Reiterates its request to the Commission on Human Rights to consider this question at its thirty-ninth session under the title: "Measures to be taken against all totalitarian or other ideologies and practices, including Nazi, Fascist and neo-Fascist, based on racial or ethnic exclusiveness or intolerance, hatred, terror, systematic denial of human rights and fundamental freedoms, or which have such consequences";

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report, through the Economic and Social Council, to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session, in the light of the discussion that will take place in the Commission on Human Rights and on the basis of comments provided by States and international organizations.

1 10th plenary meeting

17 December 1982

114 Resolution 2542 (XXIY)

'" Resolution 1904 (XYIII).

"" Resolution 1514 (XV)

117 Resolution 36/55.

11 • Resolution 217 A (III)

''" Resolution 2200 A ( XXI). annex 111 See resolution 35/56, annex. secl 0.

"" Resolution 2l06 A (XX). annex. "' See A/37/521, annex.

"' Resolution 260 A (111). annex.

124 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council. /982.

Supplement No. 2 (El 1982/ 12 and Corr. I), chap. XXVI, sect. A. 122 Resolution 2391 (XXIII), annex.

125 See Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-sixth Year, Sup- 123 Resolution 3068 (XXVIII). annex.

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