A/HRC/50/61 part of society; and Government Decree No. 1039/2019, which promoted the application of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism. 23. The Government also provided information about the establishment of institutional structures, including the Action and Protection League of Europe, to monitor and address antisemitic hate speech and hate crime. The Government also signalled its zero-tolerance policy towards antisemitism, the introduction in 2011 of mandatory Holocaust education in the national curriculum and the importance placed upon International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the country. 24. According to the information provided in respect of the prevalence of antisemitic hate crime and hate speech, in 2020 the Action and Protection League recorded 30 antisemitic incidents. One was categorized as a threat, 6 as vandalism and 22 as hate speech. During the period 2013−2020 there was an overall decrease in the number of antisemitic incidents. Latvia 25. Latvia reported that the threat posed by right-wing extremism in the country generally remained low but that trends in the use of the Internet to disseminate related ideologies were of concern. The Government provided information about the legal framework in place to enshrine equality and non-discrimination, including constitutional provisions on equality and non-discrimination, and non-discrimination provisions in laws governing the labour market, health care, child protection, economic activities, education and criminal proceedings. In addition, the Government detailed laws in place to address hate speech and incitement to violence, including constitutional provisions stipulating that persons belonging to national minorities had the right to preserve and develop their language and ethnic and cultural identity, as well as provisions in the Criminal Law that criminalize relevant offences, such as violating the prohibition of discrimination, genocide, crimes against humanity, incitement to hatred and the triggering of hatred. Latvia also provided information about steps taken to strengthen its non-discrimination legal framework. For example, in 2021, the Criminal Law was amended to ensure that hatred on the basis of race, ethnicity and a range of other characteristics was an aggravating factor in all crimes. 26. The Government described a decree, adopted by the Ministry of the Interior, which established a working group to address procedural problems encountered when addressing hate crimes. The working group produced a report for the Minister of the Interior regarding improvements in data quality and measures to strengthen the legal framework and its practical application. 27. According to information provided, the State Police College has developed guidelines for the identification and investigation of hate crimes. The College has also developed several training programmes for police officers, which include content on hate crime. The State Police are also working on developing capacity to address online hate offences. Latvia also provided information about relevant training delivered to members of the national judiciary and about plans to implement further training for police and judiciary members on hate crimes. 28. The Government of Latvia provided information about complaints of discrimination and incitement of social hatred and enmity registered with the State Police. Between 2016 and 2020, a total of 121 applications were registered by the State Police. The majority were motivated by discrimination on the basis of ethnic or national origin. Within the same period, 111 applications were registered by the State Security Service related to genocide, invitation to genocide, and acquittal of genocide and crimes against humanity, and to the triggering of national, ethnic and racial hatred, the majority of which related to content posted on the Internet, according to the information provided. 29. When reporting the measures taken to promote political, social and cultural tolerance and prevent hate crime, Latvia signalled the National Identity, Civil Society and Integration Policy Implementation Plan 2019−2020; its membership in the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities of the Council of Europe; and measures to uphold linguistic plurality within educational institutions and ensure the right of citizens to receive 6

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