A/77/512 July 2022, the relevant provisions of which include article 329, which criminalizes incitement to violence and discrimination, and article 330, which makes it a crime to distribute materials or objects for such purposes. 7. According to the information provided, the Ministry of Justice, in partnership with the Council of Europe, compiled a study on the legal regulations in place to prevent and punish hate speech. Based upon this study, amendments have been made to the relevant legal framework to address protection gaps. The Government also provided information about legal provisions in place to prevent discrimination in the labour market and draft legislation to ensure equality before the law and the comprehensive protection of minority groups. 8. Information was also provided about the policy steps taken alongside the legal measures mentioned above. They included an assessment of the collection of disaggregated data on discrimination, hate crime and hate speech to identify and address gaps in that respect. The data currently available are compiled from crime statistics and were summarized within the information provided. According to those statistics, hate crimes increased between 2016 and 2021, but data for 2021 showed a decrease compared with 2020. 9. The Government described its collaboration with regional and international human rights mechanisms. In 2020, Armenia submitted its fifth country report under the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. In addition, the State has ratified a number of international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. 10. The Government also provided information about alleged incidences of human rights abuses perpetrated by Azerbaijan. B. Belarus 11. The Government of Belarus submitted a report entitled “The most resonant human rights violations in certain countries of the world”, which discusses alleged human rights violations in a range of Western countries, including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. The themes covered include Islamophobic legislative provisions; discrimination and xenophobia against migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers; discrimination against those from the Russian Federation and Belarus; antisemitic violence; other forms of antisemitism; hate speech by political officials; and the destruction of memorials to the Second World War. C. Burundi 12. The Government of Burundi reported that there is no racism, xenophobia or related intolerance within the country. In the information provided, the Government highlights its ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 1990 and subsequently describes national legislative provisions, including the Penal Code and the Constitution, which transpose international obligations into national law and criminalize racial discrimination. 13. Relevant policy documents are also outlined in the information provided, including Vision Burundi 2025; the national development plan of Burundi for 2018 – 2027; and the social protection and national health policy. The information describes 4/20 22-22915