A/HRC/44/58 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to General Assembly resolution 74/136, in which the Assembly requested the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to submit a report on the implementation of that resolution to the Council at its forty-fourth session. In section II, the Special Rapporteur summarizes State submissions on the measures those States have taken to combat the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and related intolerance. The Special Rapporteur expresses her thanks to Azerbaijan, El Salvador, Honduras, Israel, Italy, Portugal and the Russian Federation for their submissions. In section III, she documents current trends in antisemitic incidents, including hate crimes, hate speech, harassment and intimidation. 2. Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance persist in many different manifestations and pose serious threats to equality, justice and human rights. The fight against racism requires an understanding of the complex linkages among different forms of intolerance and discrimination. Although it is important not to conflate the different forms of racism, there are valuable lessons to be learned in analysing overlap and connections among different forms of oppression. 3. When Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at the annual Convention of the Rabbinical Assembly on 25 March 1968, 10 days before he was assassinated, he reflected on the interconnectedness of the oppression of Jewish people and African Americans and their struggle for social justice.1 He also reflected on the urgency of unity among different groups in the fight against antisemitism and other forms of racism. In the spirit of critical reflection and anti-racism coalition-building, the Special Rapporteur examines the relationship of antisemitism to, and its intersection with, other forms of racism and related intolerance in section IV below. In section V, she outlines the applicable international and regional human rights legal frameworks, and in section VI provides recommendations for combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. II. Summary of Member State submissions 4. In the present section, the Special Rapporteur summarizes Member State submissions on law and policy in place to combat Nazism and neo-Nazism, but does not analyse or evaluate these laws or policies. She underscores that providing the summaries of State submissions below does not constitute her endorsement of the content of the submissions. The Special Rapporteur also wishes to make clear that, to the extent that any of the formal policies below violate the applicable international human rights laws and principles outlined in section IV of the present report, Member States must take urgent action to repeal the offending policies. Azerbaijan 5. The Government of Azerbaijan reported that it did not condone neo-Nazism and other practices that fuelled contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. The glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism, and other related practices were still the hard realities in some regions. Azerbaijan noted its support for international efforts aimed at combating the glorification of Nazism. The Government mentioned the eighteenth Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of NonAligned Countries, held in Baku on 25 and 26 October 2019, at which the Heads of State or Governments of the Member States present had condemned the glorification of the Nazi movement and neo-Nazism. 1 A transcript of the appearance, entitled “Conversation with Martin Luther King”, is available at https://gendlergrapevine.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Conversation-with-Martin-LutherKing.pdf. 3