A/HRC/48/7 137.78 Align article 151 of the Criminal Code in order for the legal framework to provide comprehensive protection against hate speech and hate crimes (Jordan); 137.79 Ensure comprehensive protection against hate speech and hate crimes and enforce deterrence through stricter punishment (Malaysia); 137.80 Enact legislation that criminalizes hate speech, including on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (Malta); 137.81 Take further measures towards development and implementation of comprehensive protection against hate speech and hate crimes (Slovakia); 137.82 Criminalize hate speech and adopt provisions of the Penal Code that would make hate motivation an aggravating circumstance when committing a crime (Slovenia); 137.83 Adopt a clear and specific legal framework to prevent and combat hate crimes in order to ensure the conducting of comprehensive, prompt and impartial investigations and ensuring accountability of the perpetrators (Syrian Arab Republic); 137.84 Prohibit all aspects of support, including financial support, to any activity that includes incitement to or the carrying out of violent acts linked to hate motives (Syrian Arab Republic); 137.85 Extend anti-discrimination legislation to include discrimination in the areas of housing, health care, social welfare, education, and provision of goods and services on all prohibited grounds; fully implement existing legislation; and clearly define hate crimes in legislation (United States of America); 137.86 Take concrete measures to prevent and combat hate crimes, including by improving public awareness and training for law enforcement agencies (Republic of Korea); 137.87 Adopt amendments to the Criminal Code that recognize the hate motive as an aggravating circumstance in the commission of crimes as well as combat effectively cases of incitement to hatred (Russian Federation); 137.88 Make the necessary amendments to the Equal Treatment Act in order to ensure equal protection against discrimination and intolerance (Bahrain); 137.89 Implement urgently the recommendations of the treaty bodies to amend the Equal Treatment Act to ensure that all forms of discrimination are prohibited, and provide victims with effective remedies (Belarus); 137.90 Amend the Equal Treatment Act to ensure that it prohibits all direct, indirect and intersectional forms of discrimination (North Macedonia); 137.91 Amend the Equal Treatment Act and provide equal protection against discrimination on all the grounds prohibited under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in all spheres of life (Czechia); 137.92 Amend the Equal Treatment Act to ensure that it prohibits discrimination, including on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, and also in areas not related to working life (Denmark); 137.93 Amend the Equal Treatment Act to include the explicit prohibition of discrimination based on religion and belief, age, disability or sexual orientation (Germany); 137.94 Amend the Equal Treatment Act so that discrimination is prohibited on all grounds in all spheres of society (Iceland); 137.95 Consider strengthening the Equal Treatment Act in order to include the prohibition of discrimination based on religion, age, disability or sexual orientation, in all areas of society (Peru); 14

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