A/HRC/35/41/Add.1 discrimination in Argentina remained structural. It identified the various groups subjected to discrimination and the trends and manifestations of the phenomenon, and recommended that any discriminatory act be elevated to a criminal offense and referred to federal jurisdictions. 9 However, that recommendation remains unfulfilled. As part of the Plan, a proposal was put forth for reforms in various fields, ranging from the administration of justice, public administration and security forces to education, health and media, while delineating emergency actions to be taken, some of which have been implemented. 20. Argentina has established a number of institutions to address the issue of discrimination. The Secretariat for Human Rights, under the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, manages a national directorate for vulnerable groups to ensure the effective implementation of national and international standards that guarantee the human rights and fundamental freedoms of vulnerable groups, including the destitute, migrants, children, asylum seekers, persons with disabilities, the elderly, women, indigenous peoples and sexual minorities. 10 The Human Rights Secretariat has a centre dedicated to receiving complaints and to citizen orientation, focusing on rights violations or denials by national, provincial or municipal institutions or agents. The centre organizes arbitration between the parties in conflict or refers the cases to the judicial system along with an opinion based on collected evidence. 21. The National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism was created in 1995 by Law 24.515 as a decentralized institution. Its main objective is to develop national policies to combat all forms of discrimination, xenophobia and racism, and promote and implement federal and cross-cutting public policies articulated in consultation with civil society. The Institute coordinates three observatories to monitor discrimination on the radio and television, discrimination in sport and discrimination on the Internet. 22. The Institute also has a mandate to receive and keep a record of complaints related to discriminatory, xenophobic or racist behaviours. It reported that, in 2015, it had received 1,794 cases, of which 741 had been resolved. The Special Rapporteur notes with appreciation the fact that the Institute has decentralized representations in all provinces, and is of the view that, in the light of the severity of the situation faced by certain indigenous communities in certain provinces and their difficulties in gaining access to justice, the Institute should reinforce its efforts related to the documentation of violations and complaints and use the established jurisprudence whereby it can be a plaintiff in cases of discrimination. In order to be more transparent, the data on registered complaints should also be disaggregated by province and grounds of discrimination on a yearly basis. 23. The Special Rapporteur also notes with appreciation that the Institute has produced two editions of national and local maps of discrimination, with a view to disseminating reliable data on the subject, assessing the situation of individuals and groups who are victims of discrimination and informing policies. The maps reflect the perceptions and experiences of discrimination by the population at large, mostly disaggregated by gender, age and socioeconomic situation. The Institute has developed the maps in conjunction with universities throughout the country. This work allows the collection of data on the national territory but also provides a platform for the issue of discrimination to be discussed within the university system, which remains reticent in addressing the subject. However, the Special Rapporteur notes that the disaggregation of data by ethnicity or identity is not systematic for all indicators. In the most recent map, produced in 2014, the questionnaire contained a section on sociodemographic characteristics of respondents that included province of residency, locality, sex, age, level of education, occupation and socioeconomic index, but no question on the ethnic or group identity. 11 24. The National Institute of Indigenous Affairs was established in September 1985 by Act No. 23.302. It is mandated to uphold constitutional provisions on the rights of 9 10 11 6 National Plan against Discrimination, 2005, p. 6. See the common core document for Argentina dated 8 July 2015 (HRI/CORE/ARG/2014), para. 97. See Instituto Nacional contra la Discriminación, la Xenofobia y el Racismo, Mapa nacional de la discriminación: 2a ed. (Buenos Aires, 2014), p. 14, available from www.inadi.gob.ar/mapadiscriminacion/documentos/mapa-de-la-discriminacion-segunda-edicion.pdf.