A/HRC/53/62 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 7

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