A/HRC/56/67 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted to the Human Rights pursuant to General Assembly resolution 78/190, in which the Assembly requested the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to submit a report on the implementation of the resolution to Human Rights Council. 2. In the present report, the Special Rapporteur has summarized information received from States Members of the United Nations regarding the implementation of the aforementioned resolution. She thanks the Member States for their contributions. She also expresses her gratitude for the submissions from other stakeholders. 3. The Special Rapporteur outlines the relevant principles and obligations of racial equality and non-discrimination in international human rights law and highlights their application in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. As with previous reports of the mandate holder, the Special Rapporteur calls upon Member States to demonstrate the strong commitment needed to address the rise in hate crime and incitement to violence against ethnic, racial and religious minorities and groups around the world. She also reminds the Member States that the United Nations, mindful of the horrors of the Second World War, was created and designed to prevent future wars and save future generations from the scourge of war. 1 She calls upon States to redouble their efforts to counter all forms of ethnic, racial and religious hatred and to promote tolerance and understanding within and among countries. II. Submissions from Member States 4. In the present section, the Special Rapporteur summarizes information submitted by Member States on existing laws and policies to counter Nazism and neo-Nazism and other practices that fuel contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. However, she does not analyse or evaluate those laws or policies. She emphasizes that providing a summary of such a submission does not constitute an endorsement of its content. The legal and policy frameworks referred to may have been assessed within the United Nations human rights system as being in contravention of international human rights law. A. Albania 5. Information was submitted by the Office of the Commissioner for the Protection from Discrimination. The Office reported on the legal framework in place to provide protection from discrimination in Albania. For example, the Assembly of Albania approved Law No. 10,221, on protection from discrimination, in 2010, which was subsequently amended in 2020. The law establishes the Commissioner for the Protection from Discrimination as the responsible authority to ensure effective protection from discrimination and any form of conduct that incites discrimination. The law, as amended, establishes several protected grounds and defines and provides protection from hate speech, according to the information provided. 6. The Office of the Commissioner for the Protection from Discrimination described work that has been undertaken to address hate speech in Albania. For example, the Commissioner worked with the People’s Advocate, the Audiovisual Media Authority and the Albanian Media Council, to create, in 2019, the Alliance Against Hate Speech, aimed at fighting the phenomenon of hate speech. The alliance has developed the Code of conduct of Albanian political parties during election campaigns, which defines rules of conduct for political parties, competing entities and their supporters. The Office has also developed awareness-raising activities in the fight against hate speech, including engagement within schools. 1 2 General Assembly resolution 78/190. GE.24-08848