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eradication of hate speech, in coordination with public institutions, the private sector and
civil society organizations, and to elaborate, disseminate and promote the incorporation in
the media of content aimed at preventing and eliminating discriminatory practices and hate
speech. The National Council is also granted the power to execute administrative and
reparation measures in cases in which discriminatory acts and practices are proven. This
includes restitution for the violated right, compensation for the damage caused, public
reprimand, public or private apology or a guarantee of non-repetition.
33.
On 30 June 2022, the Media Regulations Unit and the National Council jointly
established a working group comprising representatives from public media for a project
aimed at generating a standardized basis for anti-discrimination criteria, and actions to avoid
content that promotes prejudice and discriminatory stereotypes in public communications.
According to the information provided, the National Council also joined the global No Hate
Speech Movement, promoted by the Council of Europe. The initiative includes measures to
prevent and combat online and offline hate speech. It was launched in response to the need
to counteract the increase in such hate speech on the basis of multiple grounds for
discrimination and is aimed at mobilizing all those interested in preventing and combating
hate speech.
34.
In 2017, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography conducted the National
Survey on Discrimination, according to the information provided. The survey provided
disaggregated data on discrimination and social inequality in Mexico, including
discrimination on the basis of Indigenous status, disability, belonging to a religion other than
Catholicism, age, sex, gender or occupation. In addition, the National Institute oversees the
National Census of Federal Justice Procurement, which provides information on crime,
including relating to discrimination.
Russian Federation
35.
According to the information provided by the Russian Federation, monuments and, in
some cases, graves from the Soviet period in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been
destroyed. Investigators from the Department for the Investigation of War Crimes, Genocide
and the Rehabilitation of Nazism of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative
Committee of the Russian Federation are currently investigating 112 cases of desecration,
destruction or damage of military graves, Soviet monuments and memorials located in the
territory of 12 countries, including Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania,
Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine.
36.
According to the information provided, on 12 May 2022, the Latvian Parliament
unilaterally suspended article 13 of the Agreement of 1994 between the Government of the
Russian Federation and the Government of Latvia concerning the social security of the
military pensioners of the Russian Federation and members of their families residing in the
territory of Latvia. On 16 June 2022, the Latvian Parliament reportedly passed a law on
prohibiting the display of and dismantling objects glorifying the Soviet and Nazi occupation
regimes on the territory of Latvia. According to the information provided, to implement the
law, the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia approved a list of 69 Soviet monuments that were
subject to compulsory demolition.
37.
In December 2022, the Lithuanian Parliament reportedly approved a draft law on deSovietization, according to which public facilities may not perpetuate or depict symbols,
information or persons who were or are active in political, military or repressive structures
or organizations, or events and dates, associated with totalitarian, autocratic regimes and their
ideologies. The law is due to take effect on 1 May 2023. Prior to the approval of the law, the
destruction of Soviet monuments reportedly took place throughout 2022. There are
reportedly no official statistics on the demolished memorials, but the Russian Federation
reported that, according to the Russian Embassy in Riga and the media, more than 120 Soviet
monuments had been destroyed by the Latvian authorities in 2022.
38.
On 15 February 2023, the Estonian Parliament reportedly adopted amendments to the
Building Code creating grounds for the demolition of Soviet monuments and structures
supporting the occupation authorities that incited hatred or supported or justified the
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