6. Emphasizes that it is the responsibility of States to adopt effective measures to combat criminal acts motivated by racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including measures to ensure that such motivations are considered an aggravating factor for the purposes of sentencing, to prevent those crimes from going unpunished and to ensure the rule of law;
6. Insiste en que los Estados tienen la responsabilidad de adoptar medidas eficaces para combatir los actos delictivos motivados por el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia, incluidas medidas para asegurar que tales motivos sean considerados agravantes a los efectos de la sentencia, impedir que esos delitos queden impunes y asegurar el imperio de la ley;