A/HRC/44/58 course and guidelines on hate crimes. 6 The course included a module to introduce bias indicators for various forms of discrimination, including discrimination against persons with disabilities, antisemitism, and discrimination against Roma, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, Muslims and migrants, in order to identify hate crimes. 18. The Government reported that its National Office against Racial Discrimination had engaged in monitoring hate speech not only in traditional media but also in social media, through the establishment of an observatory for that purpose, 7 which would lead to the compilation of an annual report on combating religious hatred online. The Office was dedicated to conducting research on hate speech with a particular focus on hate speech motivated by religious or cultural affiliation. The Government affirmed its deepened efforts to combat hate speech. Portugal 19. The Government of Portugal reported on the legislative framework that it had enacted to combat racial and religious discrimination. Under the Constitution and the Law on Political Parties (Organic Law No. 2/2003), racist and fascist political parties were illegal. In accordance with the law, an organization that qualified as a racist party or as profiling fascist ideology could be closed by a decision of the Constitutional Court at the request of the prosecution office. Article 240 of the Penal Code stipulated that discrimination and incitement to hatred and violence on the ground of race, colour, ethnic or national origin, descent, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability were punishable offences. With the amended anti-discrimination law (Law No. 93/2017), which entered into force on 1 September 2017, the Government had established the legal framework for the prevention of discriminatory practices and expanded the definition of discrimination and its application. The amendment to the anti-discrimination law was aimed at improving the coverage of protection and the effectiveness of responses. 20. The Government highlighted that it had reinforced the mandate of the Commission for Equality and against Racial Discrimination to monitor the enforcement of the antidiscrimination law. The Commission received complaints related to discriminatory acts and recommended administrative measures to prevent racial discrimination in all its forms. The Commission had increased the number of its advisors to 31, including representatives of migrant and Roma communities and communities of people of African descent, and of representatives of the parliament. 21. The Government stated that it had taken up measures necessary to promote equality and non-discrimination and to strengthen tolerance among cultures and religions. It noted that the High Commission for Migration, the primary institution responsible for the integration of immigrants and ethnic groups, under the direct supervision of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, was committed to implementing initiatives to counter discrimination and promote intercultural dialogue. The Commission had an intercultural dialogue unit that had conducted joint projects with other government bodies to promote intercultural education and interreligious dialogue. Russian Federation 22. The Government of the Russian Federation stated that it did not tolerate any form of discrimination on the grounds of racial, national, linguistic or religious affiliation. It condemned incitement to racial, national or religious hatred or extremist activities and affirmed its commitment to combat attempts to spread those hateful ideologies. 23. The Government reported on the legislative framework aimed at countering extremism. It stated that Federal Act No. 114-FZ of 25 July 2002, on combating extremist 6 7 6 The Observatory is an agency operated by the Italian national police and the national gendarmerie, within the Department of Public Security under the Ministry of the Interior. Its mandate is to tackle hate crime and protect the victims of such crime. Promoted by the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and the Centre for Contemporary Jewish Documentation, in collaboration with the Associazione Giovani Musulmani d’Italia.