A/68/329 affairs, education and science and culture, which have each developed specific programmes and plans of actions to tackle extremism. 69. The Russian Federation news agency set up an internet portal, “Russia for everybody”, on which content is posted in the various languages of the national diasporas present in the country. 70. The Ministry of Internal Affairs permanently monitors websites to identify material posted by radical extremist groups promoting hatred and violence. K. Saudi Arabia 71. Sharia law, from which Saudi Arabia derives all its legislation, prohibits all forms of discrimination, including racial discrimination. Article 39 of the Basic Law of Governance prohibits violations of human rights and incitement to disorder or discord and requires the media to educate the nation and consolidate its unity. The establishment of groups based on racial discrimination is prohibited. 72. After acceding to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in 1997, Saudi Arabia amended certain laws so as to prescribe severe penalties for denigrating the dignity of others. The Press and Publications Act, as amended by a royal decree in July 2001, criminalizes any disparagement of reputation or dignity, denigration or vilification of any person, incitement to bigotry and propagation of discord among citizens. The amendment to the Repression of Cybercrime Act, promulgated under the terms of a decision of the Council of Ministers in March 2007, prohibits defamation or harming of others through various information technology systems. 73. Saudi Arabia has acceded to the International Labour Organization Convention concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value (Convention No. 100) and the International Labour Organization Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (Convention No. 111). 74. Saudi Arabia has applied the international norms for the elimination of racial discrimination and xenophobia found in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and in the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference. 75. Tolerance is promoted by the Human Rights Commission through the educational system and mass media in accordance with the framework of the programme for the promotion of a human rights culture. 76. A directive issued in 2011 by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Da`wah and Guidance prohibits imams or preachers from attacking persons or religious communities in their sermons. As a result, the Ministry has dismissed imams and preachers whose sermons contained incitement to hatred or any form of discrimination. L. Serbia 77. The Government referenced an act banning manifestations by neo-Nazi or fascist organizations and associations and the display of neo-Nazi or fascist symbols and paraphernalia. The legislation prohibits all public discourse, acts, propaganda 13-43012 13/25

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