A/HRC/25/34 Slovakia 76. Article 24 of the Constitution of Slovakia guaranteed all citizens freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief. It also guaranteed churches and religious societies an autonomous position independent of the Slovakian State authorities. Slovakia stated that incitement to violence on the basis of religion was criminalized under the Criminal Code. 77. Slovakia had adopted legislative measures to prevent expressions of hatred, intolerance and discrimination in such debates in the media. On-demand audiovisual media services and programme services must not in the manner of their presentation and content infringe the human dignity and the fundamental rights and freedoms of others, nor promote violence and overtly or covertly incite hatred, denigrate or defame on the basis of gender, race, colour, language, faith or religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin or membership in a nationality or ethnic group. 78. The Ministry of Culture had instituted a grant programme focused on the promotion of cultural rights of people endangered by poverty and social exclusion; the principle of equal treatment; gender equality; and the promotion of intercultural dialogue, nondiscrimination, tolerance and the elimination of all forms of violence. Spain 79. Spain recalled the provisions of its Constitution and other relevant legislation that protected the right to freedom of ideology and religion, including article16, paragraph 1, of the Constitution and article 14 on the right to equality and non-discrimination. The fundamental right to religious liberty was developed in Law 7/1980 on Religious Freedom. Relevant provisions in the Criminal Code relating to crimes committed on discriminatory grounds included the offence of incitement to hatred, violence or discrimination (art. 510); conspiracy to promote or incite hatred, violence or discrimination (art. 515.5); offences against freedom of conscience and religious feelings, or impeding or forcing specifically the practice of religious acts (art. 522); prevention or disruption of the acts of religious faiths (art. 523); acts of desecration in places of worship (art. 524); or violation or desecration of graves or corpses (art. 526). Article 22.4 provided for a generic aggravating circumstance if any offence is committed on grounds relating, inter alia, to the religion or belief of the victim. 80. Other relevant legal provisions guaranteeing freedom of religion included Organic Law 4/2000 on the Rights and Freedoms of Aliens in Spain and their Social Integration (Aliens Law), which had a section on anti-discriminatory measures. The Organic Law on Education emphasized that special attention should be paid to respecting diversity as a fundamental principle (art. 4). The Law on Political Parties established that a party would be declared illegal if its activity infringed democratic principles, including by promoting persecution against people on the basis of ideology, religion, belief, nationality or race (art. 9). 81. Spain also outlined further institutional arrangements, policies and measures to combat intolerance on the basis of religion or belief, including the Advisory Commission on Religious Freedom, which was founded in 1981. A sub-branch had been established within the Directorate General for International Legal Cooperation and Relations of the Ministry of Justice to deal with relations with confessions. 14