A/HRC/59/63 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. GE.25-07709 5

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