The Ministry of Education and Research is planning a series of community initiatives aimed at preventing hate speech and promoting respect for ethnic diversity. The actions are included in the new plan for promoting Holocaust remembrance and the culture of tolerance, reports IPN.
The document, proposed for public consultation, provides for initiatives planned until the year 2032, aimed at combating racism, anti-Semitism, xenophobia, and other forms of intolerance.
“Through our new plan, we aim to strengthen an inter-institutional approach, which will ensure the impact of the undertaken activities,” declared the head of the Ethnic Relations Policy Service within the MEC, Ivan Duminica, during a meeting attended by representatives of public organizations and development partners.
The authorities commit to ensuring coherence between national commitments and European priorities in the field of human rights, aligning the document with the EU Strategic Framework for combating antisemitism and promoting Jewish life, as well as the EU Strategy on combating racism.
The Holocaust – a combination of the Greek words holos (complete) and kaustos (burned) – refers to the systematic persecution and killing of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime of Germany and its allies, between the years 1933 and 1945. The genocide was part of the Nazi’s anti-Semitic policy, which also led to the persecution and killing of other groups, such as the Roma, people with disabilities, war prisoners, and political opponents.
The commemoration of the Holocaust and education about its causes and consequences are considered essential in combating anti-Semitism and racism, and in preventing future acts of genocide.
