A/HRC/48/77 members met monthly to address problems relating to religious diversity and to promote dialogue and tolerance among various groups. In order to preserve historical memory and to combat discrimination and hatred, a series of debates had taken place on eliminating all forms of discrimination, in particular based on religion, and on promoting diversity and tolerance. 8. During the previous decade, hate speech had become more of an issue and extremism had become more visible and accessible to individuals or groups of individuals through social media and the Internet. The National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism, within its mandate of awareness-raising, could make proposals to address that issue. Armenia 9. The Government of Armenia reported that there were no groups or movements of a racist, antisemitic or xenophobic character, including neo-Nazis and skinhead groups, in Armenia. The Constitution contained a non-discrimination principle. Article 9 of the Law on Political Parties prohibited the establishment and operation of political parties whose objectives were to bring about violent change in the constitutional order or territorial integrity, or to incite national, racial or religious hatred, propaganda of violence and war, as well as the establishment and operation of parties that engaged in such activities. The Law on Non-governmental Organizations provided for the suspension of an organization if it was involved in inciting hatred or propagating violence or war. Armenia also referred to article 63 of the Criminal Code, which included as an aggravating circumstance when a crime was committed on the basis of ethnic, racial or religious motives or religious fanaticism. 10. In December 2019, Armenia had adopted a national strategy for human rights protection and a corresponding action plan for 2020–2022, which envisaged liability for hate speech in accordance with international standards. Article 226 of the Criminal Code criminalized the incitement of national, racial or religious hatred, racial superiority or humiliation of national dignity committed: publicly or by mass media, with violence or threat of violence; through abuse of an official position; or by an organized group. The high-tech crimes division of the police monitored the Internet to prevent the dissemination of racist or xenophobic material and to detect and respond quickly to acts of hatred committed on the basis of national, racial or religious grounds. 11. Armenia stated that, in compliance with the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the criminalization of public calls for violence, including public justification of or advocating for violence, had been introduced to the Criminal Code (art. 226.2) in April 2020. Brazil 12. The Government of Brazil stated that with the increase in the use of new information technologies, hate speech and intolerance on the Internet had also significantly increased. In the context of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, a generalized and uncoordinated acceleration of the social process of digital inclusion had taken place, leading to an increase in cybercrime. 13. Acts of incitement to hatred, racial violence and discrimination had been included in the criminal legislation, as had the dissemination of symbols and any form of advertising aimed at promoting Nazism. Since 1980, the neo-Nazism movement had intensified in Brazil. It continued to be active and included more than 12 groups. 14. Brazil referred to the challenges faced in prosecuting acts of hate speech at the national level. Since hate speech had not yet been explicitly criminalized, it was prosecuted as a crime of discrimination, making it difficult to intervene and obtain evidence when hate speech messages were diffused through the Internet. Prevention and repression of such crimes were crucial to combating impunity and avoiding the perpetuation of such actions. Burundi 15. The Government of Burundi reported that it had recently put in place a legislative framework and institutional mechanisms to prevent and eradicate propaganda and acts that incited violence, ethnic hatred, ethnic intolerance or racial discrimination. 4