A/74/358 H. Best practices 56. The majority of groups in Western Europe and the Americas engaged for the present report expressed satisfaction with the measures taken by Governments to protect Jews in their respective countries. Fifty-six per cent of those surveyed by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights gave a positive assessment of the efforts of their national Governments to ensure the security needs of Jewish communities. 81 The Special Rapporteur notes that many Governments, including those that responded to the survey circulated for the present report, have taken steps to combat antisemitism and pledged to strengthen their efforts in this regard. Such steps include the establishment of hate crime legislation, which denotes an unequivocal response to the inciting feature of hate crimes. Countries in the Americas, such as Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile and the United States, have adopted such legislation, and the majority of OSCE countries have established hate crime statutes in their jurisdictions. Authorities in major cities in the United States, such as New York, have also established specific task forces that are supported by trained law enforcement officials in monitoring, identifying and responding to hate crimes. 82 In 2017, Poland established the post of police coordinator for combating hate online. Sweden has a national contact point on hate crime. 57. The Government of Norway reported that its action plan against antisemitism (2016–2020) takes a multidisciplinary approach, with hate crime laws, established mechanisms for monitoring, investigating and reporting on antisemitic acts, and supporting initiatives that provide information about the diversity of Jewish life and history in Norway and monitor attitudes in the population. In the Netherlands, hate speech online and offline is punishable. In addition, other measures to combat antisemitism include strengthening local approaches that promote dialogue between different religions and educational projects aimed at preventing antisemitic chanting in soccer stadiums and supporting teachers in discussing sensitive issues, such as antisemitism and Holocaust denial, in the classroom. The federal budget in Germany includes funds to compensate victims and the bereaved of extremist violent crimes (hardship payments). 58. Unfortunately, satisfactory responses to tackle the frontier of ubiquitous antisemitism online have been elusive. Member States continue to test approaches for responding to antisemitic attitudes, in particular those which incite hostility, discrimination and violence, while respecting the right to freedom of expression and opinion. In 2016, the European Commission, together with Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft, adopted a European Union code of conduct to tackle cases of online hate speech within 24 hours in Europe. 59. Some States have increased their security measures around synagogues, including by placing guards outside the facilities and requiring State security services to vet any person wishing to enter or visit them. Others have committed funding to support rebuilding. Germany submitted that the State is rebuilding synagogues, bears half the costs of the upkeep of Jewish cemeteries and has numerous public plac es of remembrance and memorial sites specifically devoted to Jewish victims of the Holocaust. 60. In Morocco, the Government has been making a concerted effort to work with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to preserve and restore Jewish culture, including 12 Jewish cemeteries, and to open a new Jewish museum in Fez. Egypt is __________________ 81 82 19-16257 European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Experiences and Perceptions of Antisemitism, p. 12. Information gathered from consultations with New York communities on 11 April 2019, in which members of the Hate Crimes Task Force of the State of New York participated. 17/23