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diversity and pluralism, on fostering a culture of tolerance and acceptance of others, and on
peaceful coexistence, citing the role of the Christian-Muslim Dialogue Committee.
24.
Lebanon reported that despite its legal and institutional frameworks promoting
equality, disparities persisted – especially for vulnerable groups such as Palestinian refugees
and migrant workers, who had arrived due to economic hardships and wars in their home
countries, many of whom came from different backgrounds, nationalities and religious
affiliations.
Morocco
25.
Morocco outlined its legal and institutional framework for protection against
discrimination. The preamble to its Constitution reportedly explicitly prohibits and combats
all forms of discrimination based on gender, colour, belief, culture, social or regional
affiliation, language, or any personal circumstance. It was reported in the submission that the
Moroccan legal framework prohibited and penalized incitement to racial discrimination,
racism, xenophobia and hate-driven violence against foreigners, and that Moroccan press and
publishing laws prohibited incitement to racial discrimination, racism, xenophobia and hatedriven violence for racial or ethnic reasons.
26.
Morocco outlined other anti-discrimination measures, including judicial training
programmes, reporting systems for hate speech crimes, and various campaigns to combat
hate speech, such as the Biladi Biladi magazine, which has reportedly conducted public
awareness and advocacy campaigns on discrimination against migrants from sub-Saharan
Africa. Morocco reported that it did not have extremist movements and groups that
propagated racial ideology or supremacist policies.
Russian Federation
27.
The Russian Federation reported that countering the propaganda, justification,
glorification and rehabilitation of Nazism remained crucial, as Nazism posed a global threat.
The submission asserts that attempts to rewrite the outcome of the Second World War, the
portrayal of Nazi collaborators as heroes, and the destruction of Soviet war monuments, have
fuelled intolerance and hostility and the rehabilitation of Nazism.
28.
Between 2021 and 2024, the Russian Federation reportedly expanded its legal
mechanisms to combat the rehabilitation and glorification of Nazism, including through
amendments to its Criminal Code and through administrative liability. The Russian
Federation reported that communities and organizations with a neo-Nazi and nationalist
orientation received special attention from law enforcement and oversight bodies. The
Russian Federation reported that the Internet was widely used to disseminate nationalist
ideas, and that the supervisory authorities were continuing their targeted work to detect and
suppress the dissemination of such information.
Saudi Arabia
29.
Saudi Arabia reported a resurgence in Islamophobic hate speech and extremism. It
also provided information about the Muslim World League’s “Reject Hate” campaign, aimed
at advocating for social networks not to tolerate anti-Islam hate speech.
30.
Saudi Arabia provided information about its legislative and non-legislative measures
to combat racism and hate speech. For example, article 2 of Royal Decree No. 43 of 17 June
1958 reportedly prohibits public authorities or institutions from promoting racial
discrimination, and article 5 of the Broadcast Law reportedly prohibits incitement of racist
feelings, discrimination and hatred among citizens, incitement to violence, and threatening
the social peace and respect for human beings.
31.
Saudi Arabia has reportedly ensured that its school curricula do not lead to racial
discrimination, racism, xenophobia and relevant forms of intolerance. Saudi Arabia also
reported the launch of a mechanism to receive complaints from foreign labourers, including
complaints of racial discrimination. Saudi Arabia also outlined the role of its Human Rights
Commission in training officials and other stakeholders on the International Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
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