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16.
The Constitution adopted in 2018 included a number of provisions against all forms
of discrimination. The principle of non-discrimination was recognized in article 22. Under
article 78, political parties were prohibited from advocating violence, exclusion and hatred
of any form based on, inter alia, ethnic, regional or religious affiliation or gender.
17.
The 2011 law governing political parties highlighted that parties must combat any
ideology and act aimed at promoting violence, hatred or discrimination, including on the
basis of ethnic, regional, religious or gender grounds, and further required that parties
promote human rights and the rule of law. Article 266 of the 2017 Penal Code provided for
prison sentences for persons who engaged in or incited racial or ethnic hatred.
18.
Burundi reported the recent establishment of a forum of political parties to prevent
intolerance in the political field, and the establishment of the national observatory for the
prevention and eradication of genocide, war crimes and other crimes against humanity. It
also referred to the work of the National Council for National Unity and Reconciliation,
created in 2017, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, created in 2014.
Croatia
19.
The Government of Croatia reported that it did not face a significant problem
regarding antisemitism and intolerance, as reflected by the low number of reports of hate
crime. Trust in institutions had increased due to cooperation with civil society organizations
and increased awareness of police officers on specific issues affecting some groups.
20.
The Government referred to its National Strategy for the Prevention and Suppression
of Terrorism and the related Action Plan. Both documents contained measures to prevent and
combat the spread of radical and extreme ideologies and acts based on such ideologies. Data
collected in relation to such activities had informed the development of the measures. The
specific legislative framework for countering racist or xenophobic ideologies or groups
included the act on public assembly (art. 3), the act on the prevention of riots at sports events
(art. 4) and the Criminal Code (art. 325).
21.
Regarding hate speech, Croatia had transposed into national legislation Council of the
European Union Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of 28 November 2008 on combating
certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law, through
the adoption of the amended Criminal Code, which had entered into force on 1 January 2013.
The General Police Directorate had been implementing a national preventive project entitled
“Together against hate speech”, in cooperation with State authorities, academic and scientific
communities, sports organizations, relevant civil society organizations, media, educational
institutions, athletes, musicians, artists and other prominent members of society.
22.
Learning about the Holocaust was an integral part of the school curriculum and the
country used all of the tools developed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
to raise awareness. Croatia had incorporated the working definition of antisemitism, as
formulated by the Alliance, into its national plan for the protection and promotion of human
rights and combating discrimination for the period 2021–2027, coordinated by the State’s
Office for Human Rights and the Rights of National Minorities.
23.
Among other good practices, Croatia referred to a monitoring mechanism that
collected data on hate crimes. The mechanism was being upgraded with a new protocol for
collecting data on hate crimes that would govern procedures for more nuanced classification
of data, including separate classification of hate crimes and criminal offences of public
incitement to violence and hatred, as well as disaggregation of data based on bias motivation.
24.
Croatia also reported on measures aimed at preventing and countering hate speech on
the Internet, and referred to good practices that the police had adopted in order to combat
antisemitism and other forms of intolerance. The police academy had continuously provided
police officers with educational programmes and awareness-raising activities on combating
discrimination and various forms of racism and on respecting fundamental human rights.
Cuba
25.
The Government of Cuba reported that there were no manifestations or trends of racist
or xenophobic movements, ideologies or extremist groups, including neo-Nazi groups, in
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