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39. The Government of Spain provided information about the legislative measures
taken to prevent and protect against racism, racial discrimination and related
intolerance. According to this information, a law to combat racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance is currently being drafted
and was subject to public consultation.
40. In addition to measures taken to strengthen the national legal framework, the
Government provided information about steps taken to prevent crimes and restore
victims’ rights in cases of racial and/or ethnic discrimination. According to this
information, the Government has undertaken work to strengthen the Support Service
for Victims of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination. The annual reports of the Service
contain disaggregated statistical data on cases of discrimination. Those data inform
national studies, such as the study in 2020 entitled “Perception of discrimination
based on racial or ethnic origin”. The Government also collaborates with the
European Commission on the monitoring of online hate speech and has developed the
Real Up project to improve monitoring of all forms of hate speech.
41. The Government also provided information about the policy framework in place
and indicated that a strategic framework for citizenship and inclusion and against
xenophobia and racism for 2021–2027 is currently being developed.
42. According to the information provided, the Government has also undertaken a
range of awareness-raising activities, including events to mark the International Day
for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the International Day of
Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
III. Review of relevant trends
43. In the present section, the Special Rapporteur presents an analysis of the key
trends in the glorification of Nazism and related racism, xenophobia and intolerance
that she has observed during the last five years of her mandate. These trends are based
upon the reports of the Special Rapporteur to the General Assembly and the Human
Rights Council. These reports include information provided by Member States and
civil society organizations in submissions to the Special Rapporteur, which are
available on her website.
44. These trends are perceived as being interlinked and mutually reinforcing. She
reminds Member States of the complex, multifaceted and pervasive nature of
neo-Nazism and related racism, xenophobia and intolerance. She urges that strong
commitment and sustained political will are required for Member States to fulfil their
obligations under international law to tackle the increase in hate crimes and
incitement to violence targeting ethnic, racial and religious minorities worldwide.
A.
Broadening of neo-Nazi groups to embrace white nationalists and
right-wing populist movements
45. As was highlighted in the report of the Special Rapporteur to the thirty-eighth
session of the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/38/53), neo-Nazism today is regularly
combined with other ideologies of racial superiority or hatred as a means of widening
acceptance and strengthening its support base. The Special Rapporteur notes with
concern the success of this strategy as suggested by the growing support for and
acceptance of neo-Nazi ideology in an increasing number of countries.
46. The resurgence of neo-Nazism in contemporary times has much to do with the
broadening of this movement to include and contribute to various networks of white
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