A/HRC/48/77 racial, national or religious hatred. Since the implementation of the application of the Law on Political Parties, no procedure to ban a political party had been registered. 89. There were groups and movements that expressed their ideology through various forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance. A significant part of their activities, especially during the current epidemiological situation, was carried out on the Internet. The Government reported on its strategic legislative and institutional framework for the protection of the human rights of minorities and for combating discrimination and hate speech. Although hate speech was not criminalized as a specific offence, the current legal framework allowed for effective prosecution. Since the beginning of 2018, numerous activities had been implemented to improve the capacity of relevant State authorities and civil society organizations to enforce legal provisions covering hate speech. Measures had been adopted to combat hate speech and discrimination in sports. 90. Serbia reported on the measures and activities to combat discrimination against Roma. A social dialogue on the theme “Hate speech, tolerance and Roma” was being organized to analyse the results of efforts to combat discrimination and eliminate prejudice against Roma and to seek solutions to strengthen and build new capacities in anti-discrimination policy. Serbia continuously monitored the strategy for the social inclusion of Roma (2016 to 2025). 91. To combat racist hate speech on online platforms, Serbia had ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime and the Additional Protocol thereto concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems. The special prosecutor’s office for cybercrime was specialized in cybercrime cases and undertook measures against hate speech on the Internet. In July 2019, the Ministry of Culture and Information, in cooperation with the Council of Europe Office in Belgrade, had published the Serbian version of Protecting the Right to Freedom of Expression under the European Convention on Human Rights, a Council of Europe handbook for legal professionals. In the handbook, special attention was paid to combating violence, hate speech and racism. A code of citizens’ rights on the Internet would be prepared, containing recommendations for rules of conduct to protect the rights of citizens, especially children, from hate speech and discrimination on any ground. 92. In 2020, Serbia had adopted the working definition of antisemitism formulated by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. On 24 February 2020, it had adopted the Law on the Staro sajmište Memorial Centre, a cultural institution to preserve the memory of the victims of the former Nazi concentration camp. Projects to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and crimes against humanity during the Second World War were continuously supported. Spain 93. The Government of Spain stated that the Criminal Code contained provisions to prevent and combat hate speech, as well as to prevent its dissemination. Article 510 (1) of the Criminal Code criminalized discrimination as a preventive measure to combat hate speech, whether on racial or antisemitic grounds or other grounds relating to ideology, religion, beliefs or family situation. The article also prohibited hate speech through the Internet. 94. Legislation was also in place to combat extremist groups of a racist or xenophobic nature, including neo-Nazis or similar groups. The definition of unlawful associations contained in article 515 of the Criminal Code referred to those that “promote or incite directly or indirectly hatred, hostility, discrimination or violence against persons or groups of persons because of their ideology, religion or beliefs”. The parliament was in the process of proposing a comprehensive law containing a set of regulations that would comprise both the fundamental decisions of Spanish anti-discrimination law and its basic guarantees. In accordance with article 9 (2) (a) of Organic Law No. 6/2002 of 27 June 2002, political parties could be declared illegal if they engaged in the exclusion or persecution of people because of their ideology, religion or beliefs. 95. Those measures had been complemented by other good practices, such as an interinstitutional agreement to fight racism, xenophobia and intolerance, the creation of the Council for the Elimination of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination, the elaboration of studies on 15