A/75/329 Technologies Act of 2001 to incorporate offences where an individual utilized telecommunications equipment to spread neo-Nazi or other hateful or antisemitic ideologies. Mexico 28. The Government of Mexico stated that it had prioritized respect for human rights and attention to vulnerable groups throughout its COVID-19 response. It noted that despite legislative progress, and constitutional reform in 2011, structural discrimination persisted, contributing to some denials of rights and unequal access to opportunities. The Government acknowledged the Department of Economic and Social Affairs document entitled “Indigenous peoples and COVID-19: considerations”, which declared that national governments must facilitate the medical and social well-being of disproportionately affected indigenous communities. The Government also cited article 1 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the 2019 report of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2 as bases for prohibiting discrimination in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. 29. The Government highlighted domestic legislation intended to counter discrimination. The Government reported that those legal foundations helped to fight all related forms of xenophobia and hatred linked to COVID-19. 30. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government had issued guidelines for authorities and government agencies on how to address the pandemic from a human rights perspective. For example, the human rights guide for COVID-19 measures, published by the Ministry of the Interior, prohibited denial of health care on the basis of discriminatory factors such as financial resources, immigration status, sexual orientation, nationality, and more. Additionally, the Ministry of Health had published guidelines to ensure respect for human rights, to combat discrimination and to make visible the impact of the pandemic on vulnerable groups. Norway 31. The Government of Norway reported that an assessment by the Norwegian Police Security Service had shown that an increased number of Norwegians were vulnerable to radicalization in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government planned to respond by extending its 2016 Action Plan against Antisemitism, which was originally scheduled to expire in 2020. 32. The Government stated that it had taken steps to prevent radicalization and violent extremism on the Internet. It cited measure 27 of its revised Action Plan against Radicalization and Violent Extremism, which was aimed at strengthening preventative measures in digital contexts and developing methods of actively patrolling the Internet. As part of the European No Hate Speech Movement, the Government aimed to give young people and youth organizations the tools, knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and combat hate speech and human rights violations online. In May 2020, the Government had passed the Media Liability Act, establishing a duty of care for editors and supporting press ethics rules. 33. In February 2020, the Government had created the Freedom of Expression Commission to review the social, technological, legal and economic frameworks for freedom of expression in today’s society and consider measures to promote an open, __________________ 2 20-11206 A/HRC/EMRIP/2019/3. 7/23