A/72/219 Rights, for example, reported on its study, published in February 2017, on hate speech in the online public debate, noting that two areas that often draw hateful comments are religion and ethnicity. 40 28. In their submissions, States have provided a range of examples of interfaith dialogue and their interaction with religious leaders. Senegal reported that, although there is no administrative structure or institution devoted to interfaith dialogue, private actors, including the Commission for Muslim -Christian Dialogue, undertake initiatives to foster religious harmony. 41 Serbia reported that it has improved the process of international and regional interconfessional cooperation, and Azerbaijan referred to the existence of organizations bringing together differe nt confessions. 42 Italy reported that it pays particular attention to the is sue of integration and anti-discrimination through a dialogue with Muslim communities. 43 F. Safety and security 29. Article 1 of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belongi ng to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities provides that States shall protect the existence and the national or ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic identity of minorities within their respective territories. Various United Nations reports show how this fundamental guarantee is being eroded in a number of contexts, with minorities being targeted and subjected to killings, violence and forced displacement. Minority women are often disproportionately affected. The report of the mapping project documenting serious violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law committed within the territory of the Central African Republic between January 2003 and December 2015 highlights the religious and ethnic dimensions of many of the crimes committed in the Central African Republic. The recommendations of the Bangui Forum on National Reconciliation, held in 2015, included the adoption of measures for increased inclusion of minorities, especially the Muslim community, in decision-making spheres. 44 30. In August 2016, the Human Rights Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq and OHCHR issued a report entitled “A call for accountability and protection: Yezidi survivors of atrocities committed by ISIL”, 45 which supported the conclusion that those crimes had been committed in a systematic and widespread manner, targeting and seeking to destroy the Yazidi group, in whole or in part. 31. The Special Rapporteur on minority issues, in her statement upon concluding her official visit to Iraq in March 2016, noted that ethnic and religious minorities continue to be disproportionately affected by violence and atrocities committed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). 46 32. In June 2016, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic issued a report on the crimes committed by ISIL against the __________________ 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 17-12826 Submission by the Danish Institute for Human Rights. Submission by Senegal. Submissions by Serbia and Azerbaijan. Submission by Italy. United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic and others, report of the Mapping Project documenting serious violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law committed within the territory of the Central African Republic between January 2003 and December 2015 (May 2017), including part II, chap. I.D. Available from www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/ CF/Mapping2003-2015/2017CAR_Mapping_Report_EN.pdf. Available from www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/IQ/UNAMIReport12Aug2016_en.pdf. www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=17166&LangID=E. 9/12