A/80/205 Commission and the Council of Europe, at which envoys, coordinators, ambassadors and other institutional actors exchanged views and experiences at the national and international levels. 83. On 2 June, the Special Rapporteur spoke on a pre-Summit panel of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit, organized by the University of Oxford, on the role of religious actors in protecting the environment, and spoke at the concluding session of the Summit on 5 June. 84. In June, the Special Rapporteur participated in events at United Nations Headquarters to mark the fourth International Day for Countering Hate Speech. The events included a high-level event entitled “Hate speech and artificial intelligence nexus: building coalitions to reclaim inclusive and safe spaces free of hatred”, organized by the Permanent Mission of Morocco together with the Office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, the Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex and other sponsors. At other events, approaches to better coordinating responses to antisemitism and Islamophobia were explored. 85. From 19 to 21 June, the Special Rapporteur participated in the Second Parliamentary Conference on Interfaith Dialogue in Rome, which was focused on the theme of strengthening trust and embracing hope for a common future and gathered some 600 parliamentarians, religious representatives and leaders, United Nations officials, representatives of civil society organizations and international experts from 100 countries. The Special Rapporteur spoke at the opening plenary session on countering hatred on the basis of religion or belief, with a view to de-escalating polarization and preventing dehumanization and religious weaponization. 86. The Special Rapporteur has continued to promote avenues for collaboration with the regional and international human rights systems regarding stronger protection of freedom of religion or belief through improved awareness, harmonization and cross pollination. 87. Online engagements allowed the Special Rapporteur to broaden the scope of her participation and engagement activities and to benefit from interaction with a wide range of actors, through meetings, training sessions and government and civil society organization events, including those familiarizing the Special Rapporteur with patterns of violations in particular jurisdictions. She also gave media interviews. 25-11829 23/23

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