A/HRC/25/34 Belgium 6. Belgium reported that the Centre for Equal Opportunities had been mandated to promote equal opportunities and the fight against all forms of discrimination, exclusion, restriction or preference based on several enumerated grounds, including religion or belief. 7. The Centre was tasked with ensuring respect for the fundamental rights of foreigners and prepared annual reports on discrimination in Belgium. Racism and xenophobia were also monitored by the police and the judicial system, and the police and the Crown recorded data on discrimination and hate crimes, as well as made available statistics on policing, prosecution and conviction with respect to those phenomena. In addition, the Centre had the capacity to initiate legal claims and to be a civil party in its own name or on behalf of victims of anti-Semitism or Islamophobia. The Centre also organized intercultural dialogues, training and awareness-raising sessions. 8. With respect to the fight against Islamophobia, Belgium noted that it was difficult to assess the extent of this phenomenon, due to the lack of available data. Since 2009, the Centre had been providing estimates of Islamophobic acts in its annual reports. It also reported that in recent years, 490 cases (164 in 2011, 139 in 2010 and 187 in 2009) inspired by Islamophobic sentiment had been opened. A significant part of those records related to comments posted on the Internet, while others related to the professional context or problems of cohabitation motivated by Islamophobia. 9. Regarding the fight against anti-Semitism, in February 2012, the Ministers of Justice and of the Interior had established a unit to monitor anti-Semitism, which discussed building safe communities, teaching about the Holocaust, cyberhatred, anti-Semitic incidents and possible remedies. 10. Belgium highlighted several measures taken to implement education systems promoting tolerance of religious and cultural diversity. Canada 11. Canada reported that it had a legal and policy framework in place to combat discrimination based on religion or belief, which included prohibitions in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; the Canadian Multiculturalism Act; the Canadian Human Rights Act; the Citizenship Act; the Criminal Code; the Employment Equity Act; official languages legislation at the federal level and in some provinces and territories; and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms formed part of the Constitution of Canada and protected the freedom of conscience and religion of each individual. Section 15 of the Charter prohibited discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, or mental or physical disability. 12. Citizenship and Immigration Canada managed a programme that supported the Multiculturalism Act and developed activities, including funding projects and events for non-governmental organizations, to promote diversity and intercultural/interfaith understanding. 13. The Criminal Code prohibited, inter alia, inciting hatred against an identifiable group by communicating in a public place statements which were likely to lead to a breach of the peace (subsection 319(1)) and communicating statements which included words spoken or written or recorded electronically or electromagnetically or otherwise and gestures, signs or other visible representations, other than in private conversation, to wilfully promote hatred against an identifiable group (subsection 319(2)). The Broadcasting 4