A/HRC/53/62 Commission, the violence reporting centre in the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, the child support line of the National Family Safety Programme and the National Society for Human Rights, receive and follow up on complaints of hate speech. 45. To promote tolerance and coexistence within society, Saudi Arabia has introduced several social programmes, such as the King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue, aimed at promoting the values of social peace and coexistence within society. In addition, the Dialogue Academy for Training provides programmes for all areas of society. For example, imams and preachers are trained in communication, dialogue and the promotion of the values of tolerance and equality. Saudi Arabia has also provided athletes with training in sports dialogue skills. In addition, several workshops were held to revise schoolbooks to promote tolerance, justice, equality and the rejection of hatred and intolerance. Workshops on characterizing evidence for combating violent extremism and on media and other cultures were organized in cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. III. Submissions by other stakeholders 46. In the present section, the Special Rapporteur summarizes the submissions received from other stakeholders. However, she emphasizes that, in providing these summaries, she does not endorse any information provided or endorse or confirm any allegations levelled against specific actors. 47. The present section summarizes the submissions by other stakeholders. The full submissions and the supporting information are available for reference on the website of the Special Rapporteur. Association of Reintegration of Crimea 48. The Association of Reintegration of Crimea reported that, since the beginning of the military aggression by the Russian Federation in Ukraine, on 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation had targeted the civilian population and infrastructure on a wide scale, which amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity under international law. The Association reported that, in the territories occupied by the Russian Federation, the Ukrainian language had been banned, libraries had been destroyed, Ukrainian web-based media sources had been blocked and education had been aligned with “Russian standards”. The Association described how, despite several calls by the international community, including the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council and its special procedures, the Russian Federation had not complied with its obligations under international humanitarian law and international human rights. 49. The Association reported that the former Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance had noted, with alarm, in her report to the Human Rights Council that the Russian Federation had sought to justify its military invasion and territorial aggression in Ukraine on the purported basis of allegedly eliminating neo-Nazism.3 The Association highlighted that the previous Special Rapporteur had stressed that the use of neo-Nazism as a pretext to justify territorial aggression seriously undermined genuine attempts to combat neo-Nazism. The Association also stated that the former Special Rapporteur had denounced the use of neo-Nazism by the Russian Federation as a pretext to justify the unlawful breach of the sovereign territory of Ukraine and its humanitarian consequences. 3 A/HRC/50/61, para. 3. 9

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