English: The UN convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination is an international treaty adopted in 1965 by the United Nations General Assembly. The convention covers the rights of all people to enjoy civil, political, economic and social rights without discrimination on grounds of race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin. The UK ratified this in 1969, 50 years ago. Hate crime is defined as an offence that the victim considers to be driven by hostility towards their race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or transgender identity. It can include verbal abuse, intimidation, threats, harassment, assault and bullying, as well as damage to property. Although people's experience of hate crime captured by the crime survey of England and Wales has gone down steadily over the last decade, police recorded hate crime in England and Wales has more than doubled since 2012-13, when 42,255 such crimes were recorded. In part, this is due to improvements made by the police in identification and recording of crime offences and, in part, to more people coming forward to report these. However, there have also been spikes of hate crime. Speaking at last October's Celebrating International Integration Day event in the Temple of Peace, organised by NWAMI, the North Wales Association for Multicultural Integration, I referred to the Let Us Integrate through Music and Art Assembly event that I hosted last May with NWAMI and with Cwmbran-based KIRAN, the Knowledge-based Intercommunity Relationship and Awareness Network. As the honorary president of NWAMI, I've worked with the organisation for many years. NWAMI is dedicated to building up a cohesive community and integrated society in Wales in the twenty-first century, and to achieving this by promoting an understanding of, and respect for, this country's diverse cultures, through cultural engagement and interaction, education and training, organising cultural performances in music, dance and other art forms, as well as activities including speaker sessions and workshops. In south Wales, Cwmbran-based KIRAN aims to advance education and raise awareness about different racial groups and different social and cultural settings.
Welsh: Mae Confensiwn y Cenhedloedd Unedig ar Ddileu Pob Math o Wahaniaethu Hiliol yn gytundeb rhyngwladol a fabwysiadwyd ym 1965 gan Gynulliad Cyffredinol y Cenhedloedd Unedig. Mae'r Confensiwn yn cwmpasu hawliau pob unigolyn i fwynhau hawliau sifil, gwleidyddol, economaidd a chymdeithasol heb wahaniaethu ar sail hil, lliw, disgyniad neu darddiad cenedlaethol neu ethnig. Cadarnhaodd y DU hyn ym 1969, 50 mlynedd yn ôl. Diffinnir trosedd casineb fel trosedd y mae'r dioddefwr yn ystyried ei fod wedi ei gymell gan elyniaeth tuag at ei hil, crefydd, cyfeiriadedd rhywiol, anabledd neu hunaniaeth drawsryweddol. Gall gynnwys cam-drin geiriol, codi ofn, bygwth, aflonyddu, ymosod a bwlio, yn ogystal â difrod i eiddo. Er bod profiad pobl o droseddau casineb, y ceir cipolwg arnyn nhw yn arolwg troseddu Cymru a Lloegr, wedi gostwng yn gyson dros y degawd diwethaf, mae troseddau casineb a gofnodwyd gan yr heddlu yng Nghymru a Lloegr wedi mwy na dyblu ers 2012-13, pan gofnodwyd 42,255 o droseddau o'r fath. Yn rhannol, mae hyn o ganlyniad i welliannau a wnaed gan yr heddlu o ran nodi a chofnodi troseddau ac, yn rhannol, oherwydd bod mwy o bobl yn rhoi gwybod am y rhain. Fodd bynnag, bu achosion o gynnydd hefyd mewn troseddau casineb. Wrth siarad yn y digwyddiad Dathlu Diwrnod Integreiddio Rhyngwladol fis Hydref diwethaf yn y Deml Heddwch, a drefnwyd gan NWAMI, Cymdeithas Integreiddio Amlddiwylliannol Gogledd Cymru, cyfeiriais at Integreiddio drwy gyfrwng Cerddoriaeth a Chelf, sef digwyddiad wedi ei drefnu gan y Cynulliad a gynhaliais f is Mai diwethaf gydag NWAMI a chyda KIRAN o Gwmbrân, y rhwydwaith cysylltiadau rhyng-Gymunedol seiliedig ar wybodaeth. Yn rhinwedd fy swyddogaeth yn Llywydd Anrhydeddus NWAMI, rwyf wedi gweithio gyda'r mudiad ers blynyddoedd lawer. Mae NWAMI yn ymrwymedig i adeiladu cymuned gydlynol a chymdeithas integredig yng Nghymru yn yr unfed ganrif ar hugain, ac i gyflawni hyn drwy hybu dealltwriaeth a pharch tuag at amrywiol ddiwylliannau'r wlad hon, drwy ymgysylltu a rhyngweithio diwylliannol, addysg a hyfforddiant, trefnu perfformiadau diwylliannol ar ffurf cerddoriaeth, dawns a ffurfiau celfyddydol eraill, yn ogystal â gweithgareddau yn cynnwys sesiynau siaradwyr a gweithdai. Yn y de, nod KIRAN, sydd wedi ei leoli yng Nghwmbrân, yw hyrwyddo addysg a chodi ymwybyddiaeth o wahanol grwpiau hiliol a gwahanol leoliadau cymdeithasol a diwylliannol.