A/HRC/53/12 its instruments for preventing and combating gender violence by adopting, in June 2022, the National Plan for the Implementation of the Istanbul Convention 2022–2026. 9. Switzerland considered it an ongoing duty to be continually working to combat all forms of racism, including online incidents. In this connection, Switzerland sought, among other things, to promote media literacy and opinion formation and to strengthen informationsharing and awareness-raising. In June 2023, a report on the existing measures and means used to combat hate speech was to be published. 10. The significant progress made in combating trafficking in persons and sexual exploitation included the adoption, in late December 2022, of the third National Action Plan against Trafficking in Persons and the implementation, within the framework of the asylum procedure, of processes for identifying and providing assistance to potential victims of trafficking. 11. Switzerland was striving to implement a migration policy that facilitated the integration of foreign nationals arriving in Switzerland and provided for a functional and efficient asylum system. In order to achieve this, the Asylum Act had been amended and the Swiss asylum procedure had been completely overhauled. A “fast-track” procedure had been introduced in 2019. In 2022, the Government had established Protection Status “S” in response to the large number of people fleeing Ukraine. 12. With regard to human rights and the private sector, Switzerland encouraged companies to behave responsibly in order to contribute to sustainable development. Two government action plans supported and promoted due diligence procedures. 13. Over the past few years, certain popular initiatives that touched on non-peremptory norms of public international law had been accepted. In implementing them, however, the Federal Council and the parliament had managed to accommodate the relevant international requirements. Faced with questions about the incompatibility of popular initiatives with certain non-binding provisions of international law, the Federal Council has examined several solutions that have not, however, managed to gain majority support in the parliament. B. Interactive dialogue and responses by the State under review 14. During the interactive dialogue, 118 delegations made statements. Recommendations made during the dialogue are to be found in section II of the present report. 15. Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Argentina, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Peru, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde and Cameroon made statements. The complete version of the statements can be found in the webcast archived on the United Nations website.4 16. Switzerland thanked the delegations who had taken part in the dialogue and gave the following responses to their questions and recommendations. 4 GE.23-03429 Available at https://media.un.org/en/asset/k11/k11a79f9z7. 3