A/HRC/43/72 37. France reported that the Interministerial Delegation against Racism, Antisemitism and Hatred against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons had taken concrete measures against religious hatred online and had made Internet platforms responsible for taking down and retracting hateful content at short notice, under penalty of pecuniary sanctions, according to a bill that had undergone a first reading by the National Assembly on 9 July 2019 and that would be debated and undergo a first reading by the Senate. It had also adopted an online system for submitting complaints on hateful content. The Interministerial Delegation had funded associations specialized in combating hateful content online and intended to reinforce the PHAROS platform, through which notifications of hateful content on social networks were made and investigated. 38. In order to better serve victims, address complaints and encourage investigations into incidents of discrimination based on religion or belief, a network of specially trained police, gendarmes and magistrates has been set up on an experimental basis in partnership with the institution operating the Memorial Site of Les Milles Camp. 39. In Italy, the Observatory for Security against Acts of Discrimination of the Ministry of the Interior was charged with improving the ability of the Italian police forces, in particular the national police and the carabinieri, in preventing and combating hate crimes. In 2018, all the staff of the national police participated in a day of training in ethics and values that included modules on offences, the prevention and suppression of acts of discrimination and hate crimes, racial and ethnic profiling and intervention in crimes involving victims of discrimination. 40. In Poland, the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, together with the national police and the Internal Security Agency, had taken measures to implement a unique computer system and technology that collected a wide range of data generated by the police forces. The national police had also initiated a dialogue with a number of stakeholders to establish closer cooperation and identify ways to increase the number of reports of hate crimes by victims. 41. Poland reported that the National Public Prosecutor’s Office oversaw cases of hate crimes committed against groups of people or individuals because of their beliefs or their national, ethnic, racial, political or religious affiliation, regardless of its legal qualification. Cases involving hate crimes were considered serious offences and their management might be overseen by a supreme official authority. 42. The Swedish Police Authority was combating information technology-related crime, including hate crime, for which additional national resources were being allocated and regional crime centres were being set up. Since 2018, the Police Authority had allocated additional special funding for certain measures, including to strengthen existing efforts to bring perpetrators of hate crimes to justice, improve coordination and carry out strategic work and follow-up. H. Understanding the need to combat denigration and negative religious stereotyping of persons and incitement to religious hatred by strategizing and harmonizing actions at the local, national, regional and international levels through, inter alia, education and awarenessbuilding17 43. Iraq reported that the Government had made several efforts, in cooperation with religious institutions in the country, to combat incitement and discrimination based on religion and belief in the country. It advocated education, awareness-raising and training to teach moderation and tolerance among the different religious confessions. 44. Italy reported that in 2016 the National Anti-Discrimination Office had established an observatory against discrimination in the media and on the Internet to research, monitor and analyse, on a daily basis, through specific software and using a set of keywords, 17 8 Human Rights Council resolution 40/25, para. 7 (g).