Minorities in the criminal justice system 2015, para. 21
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Although most countries affirm their opposition to racial profiling, there are ongoing reports of disproportionate targeting by police of individuals for identity checks, stop and search, or other forms of coercive or privacy-invasive police powers, which are related purely to identity-based minority group characteristics rather than to any credible suspicion that the individual in question has been involved in illegal activity.