E/CN.4/2002/24 page 39 91. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the efforts made by Egypt to publicize human rights and the principle of non-discrimination and to integrate them in everyday life, through a substantial and widely disseminated body of law and human rights education. D. Spain 92. In a communication dated 23 October 2001, the Spanish Government recalled that measures intended to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance are incorporated in the Organization Act on the Rights and Freedoms of Foreigners and their Social Integration (No. 4/2000 of 11 January 2000, as amended by Act No. 8/2000 of 22 December 2000). Articles 23 and 24 of the former Act prohibit, inter alia, racial discrimination by private individuals or State officials in the political, economic, social and cultural spheres. 93. The Spanish Government also announced the adoption of a number of measures providing for the integration of immigrants and refugees in Spanish society; this information will be transmitted to the Special Rapporteur on migrants. E. Czech Republic 94. In its communication of 21 November 2001, the Government of the Czech Republic informed the Special Rapporteur of a number of preventive measures intended to combat racism, racial discrimination and intolerance, notably against Roma. “In the framework of the Programme for the Prevention of Crime at the Local Level, projects have been supported with the aim of overcoming prejudice, combating xenophobia, increasing intolerance on the part of the majority and emancipating, educating the Roma minority and helping them find their place in society. The aim is conflict-free coexistence in a locality and the elimination of racially motivated crimes. The projects are aimed at potential criminals, thus far non-delinquent persons or those who have committed minor offences and who are not members of extremist organizations or active sympathizers with those organizations. “Towns with the highest occurrence of crime and an accumulation of other social problems - unemployment, poverty, extremist groups, etc., are included in the programme, which covers 84 towns, of which 53 are district towns. In the framework of this programme, the prevention of crimes linked with extremist attitudes was one of the priorities in 1997. During the period 1996-2001, there were 358 applications for subsidies for projects supporting the Roma community; 294 projects have been supported with a sum of CK 2,818,000 from the State budget. “Another dimension of the prevention of racism, racial discrimination and intolerance is related to the work of the Inter-ministerial Commission for the Affairs of the Roma Community. The Commission has established a working group to discuss issues concerning the security of Roma and racially-motivated crimes against them. In 2001, the working group met twice and has been dealing among other things with discrimination against Roma in restaurants and similar facilities.”