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II. Contributions received from Member States
A.
Argentina
6.
The Government referred to the Law of Discriminatory Actions (No. 23.592)
of 1988, which lays the basis for combating all forms of discrimination in
Argentina. Furthermore, the Government highlighted the creation of the National
Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism, which coordinates the
actions proposed in the National Plan Against Discrimination in Argentina:
Diagnosis and Proposals (Decree 1086/2005), a document elaborated in connection
with the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and
Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.
7.
Among the actions undertaken by the National Institute to counter racism in
Argentina is the creation of a monitoring mechanism for hate speech on the Internet.
The mechanism was developed with the support of private companies and civil
society and aims at the early identification of racist crimes online and the
eradication of any form of discrimination online, including the removal of
discriminatory material from public web pages.
8.
The National Institute also signed a cooperation agreement with two football
clubs in the country after incidents of anti-Semitic remarks and chants which took
place during football matches. The agreement is part of larger framework developed
by the Argentinian Football Association for the promotion of practices, campaigns
and actions to counter hate speech, racism and anti-Semitism in the sport.
9.
Regarding educational measures, the National Institute is responsible for
coordinating anti-discrimination actions in schools, including the revision of
education material, capacitation of teachers, and publication of audiovisual material
to disseminate the values of diversity, respect and tolerance among children.
Furthermore, the National Institute published in 2009 and 2011 a children’s book
with stories of the Holocaust. This is considered a key educational input for the fight
against racism in Argentina.
10. In 2011, the National Institute created DIVERSIA, a centre for the investigation,
development and capacitation of cultural, religious and ethnic diversity. In the first
semester of 2012, DIVERSIA conducted a cycle of capacitation aimed at public
administration professionals that contained material on the prevention of any form of
discrimination in the workspace and the value of cultural diversity.
11. Following the adoption by the General Assembly of its resolution 60/7 on
Holocaust remembrance, the Government declared the International Day of
Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust to be of national
interest. Argentina has formally observed the day since 2010.
B.
Australia (Human Rights Commission)
12. The Australian Human Rights Commission reported that Australians,
especially Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders, experience some forms of racism
and discrimination. There is limited evidence on the spread of extremist political
parties, movements and groups that glorify Nazism. However, the State established
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