A/72/365 Percentage of recommendations accepted Number of recommendations Made to other Member States Received from other Member States On violence On other hate crimes Observer 1 – – – Total 99 99 – – Regional group Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; see upr -info.org. 70. In almost 30 per cent of the recommendations related to the promotion of freedom of religion or belief, States were called upon to take measures to combat intolerant acts. The preponderance of those recommendations (18 per cent) were aimed at promoting legal and policy approaches to combating intolerant acts. This includes the approximately 6 per cent of recommendations in which strengthening protections for related rights, such as the rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association, were called for. Recommendations in support of interfaith dialogues or public awareness initiatives to promote greater tolerance were less numerous, but appear to be most favoured by States under review (see table 5). Table 5 Specific measures recommended during the first and second cycles of the universal periodic review on combating intolerance based on religion or belief Number Percentage of all recommendation s on freedom of religion or belief Percentage of proposed measures that were accepted 472 35 69 To strengthen protections for the related right to freedom of expression 83 6.0 57.0 Related to anti-blasphemy and anti-apostasy laws 26 2.0 24.8 For interfaith or intercultural dialogue 96 7.0 94.0 On public awareness initiatives 36 3.0 92.0 713 53.0 – 1 338 2.4 63 Recommendations For amendments to/or establishment of measures to address manifestations of intolerance (including discrimination) Total Total number of recommendations on freedom of religion or belief Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; see upr -info.org. 71. Recommendations under the universal periodic review for improving the collection of data on incidents of hate crime and other manifestations of intolerance based on religion or belief are negligible or non-existent, as are recommendations for strengthening intra-State processes for monitoring implementation progress or for evaluating the impact of measures aimed at combating discrimination, hostil ity and violence against persons based on religion or belief. Only two recommendations offered in both universal periodic review cycles concerned strengthening data collection and maintaining disaggregated data to better understand the scale and severity of hate crimes towards persons in vulnerable situations. 17-14822 21/24