A/HRC/53/60 and countering incitement to violence against racial, ethnic and religious minorities and ideas based on racial superiority or hatred.3 C. Country visits 13. Since the establishment of the mandate, the mandate holders have undertaken visits to 44 countries: Qatar (2019); the Kingdom of the Netherlands (2019); Morocco (2018), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2018 and 1995); Fiji (2016); Australia (2016 and 2001); Argentina (2016); Greece (2015); the Republic of Korea (2014); Mauritania (2013 and 2008); Spain (2013); the Plurinational State of Bolivia (2012); Hungary (2011); Singapore (2010); the United Arab Emirates (2009); Germany (2009); the United States of America (2008 and 1994); the Dominican Republic (2007); Lithuania (2007); Latvia (2007); Estonia (2007); Italy (2006); the Russian Federation (2006); Switzerland (2006); Brazil (2005 and 1995); Japan (2005); Nicaragua (2004); Honduras (2004); Côte d’Ivoire (2004); Guatemala (2004); Colombia (2003 and 1996); Canada (2003); Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago (2003); Czechia, Hungary and Romania (1999); South Africa (1998); Kuwait (1996); France (1995); and Germany (1995). 14. The regional distribution of visits carried out under the mandate is as follows: • African States: Five country visits • Asia-Pacific States: Seven country visits • Eastern European States: Four country visits • Latin American and Caribbean States: 11 country visits • Western European and other States: 17 country visits D. Communications 15. Between 2004 and 30 April 2023, the mandate holders sent approximately 500 communications to Member States regarding alleged violations of human rights relating to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. Such communications have covered a wide array of alleged human rights violations and issues, including antidiscrimination provisions within national legal frameworks; racial profiling; the racialized use of excessive and lethal force by law enforcement officials; racism and racial discrimination in prison systems; racist hate speech; the racialized impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19); the nexus between migration, border governance and racism and xenophobia; gaps in national non-discrimination legal frameworks; racism and racial discrimination within counter-terrorism measures; racialized human rights violations in the context of business activities, including within the extractive industries; and access to remedies for victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including reparations for victims of colonialism and slavery. E. Advocacy and awareness-raising 16. There is a long history of advocacy and awareness-raising under the mandate on issues relating to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. The Special Rapporteur’s predecessors spoke at a wide range of international events on issues of relevance to the mandate. Recent examples of such advocacy and engagement activities include the commemorative events by the General Assembly for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, on 21 March; an international conference on the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex persons, in 2022; Human Rights Council panel discussions, including one in 2022 on the harmful legacies of colonialism; a conference on global pandemic prevention and control and human rights protection, in 2020; and the 3 4 All previous reports on the glorification of Nazism are available at https://www.ohchr.org/en/specialprocedures/sr-racism/reports-glorification-nazism. GE.23-09089