A/HRC/62/56 32. Uzbekistan further highlighted measures to strengthen freedom of conscience, interfaith dialogue and religious tolerance, including the 2021 Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations and the 2025 Concept for Ensuring Freedom of Conscience and State Policy in the Religious Sphere. Additional measures include cooperation with civil society and national cultural centres, systems for addressing discrimination complaints, educational programmes, cultural events promoting inter-ethnic harmony, and efforts to strengthen monitoring and prevention mechanisms. IV. Contemporary Manifestations and Trends in the Glorification of Neo-Nazism 33. The Special Rapporteur observes with serious concern that neo-Nazism has evolved beyond a marginal or symbolic phenomenon and is increasingly characterized by processes of reorganization, militarization and systematic recruitment. Information received indicates that such developments are occurring across multiple regions, reflecting a shift towards more structured and operationally capable extremist networks. 2 Against this backdrop, in the following section, the Special Rapporteur summarises several concerning and interconnected manifestations and trends in the glorification of Neo-Nazism. She has drawn information from submissions received from Member States, as summarised above, and other stakeholders3, as well as additional research materials. Transnational and rapidly adaptive neo-Nazi and other extremist networks 34. Contemporary manifestations of racist extremism are increasingly transnational and networked. Patterns of discrimination, xenophobia and racially motivated violence are no longer confined to closed or hierarchical organizations but are disseminated through transnational digital ecosystems that facilitate propaganda, incitement to violence and the recruitment and radicalization of children and youth.4 35. These transnational networks facilitate the dissemination of extremist ideologies, the exchange of tactical knowledge and propaganda, and the strengthening of organizational capacities across jurisdictions. Such connections may also enable individuals to acquire operational experience, including combat training, as well as material, financial or logistical support that enhances the resilience and reach of extremist movements. 36. The increasing internationalization of these extremist networks underscores the evolving nature of contemporary violent extremism, which is no longer confined within national borders but increasingly operates through decentralized transnational ecosystems linking online and offline actors. This development raises significant challenges for States 2 3 4 George Washington University Program on Extremism, Transnational Neo-Nazism in the USA, United Kingdom and Australia, by Paul Jackson (Washington, DC: George Washington University, February 2020), PDF, accessed May 8, 2026, https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs5746/files/Jackson%20%20Transnational%20neo%20N azism%20in%20the%20USA%2C%20United%20Kingdom%20and%20Australia.pdf.(extremism.gw u.edu). Submissions were received from European Centre for Law and Justice; individuals; Jewish Culture Support Foundation; Information Group on Crimes Against the Individual; MAAT; National Council for Human Rights Brazil; NGO Monitor; Partners for Transparency; Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law; and SOVA Research Center. RAND Corporation, Mapping White Identity Terrorism and Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism: A Social Network Analysis of Online Activity, by Heather J. Williams et al., RR-A18411 (Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2022), PDF, accessed May 8, 2026, https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RRA1800/RRA18411/RAND_RRA1841-1.pdf. (rand.org). 7