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adopts a comprehensive approach, including the intervention of police forces to prevent and
repress hate crimes.
51.
The Government of Italy stated that it was fully committed to promoting
interreligious dialogue and to preventing and resolving situations of discrimination and
violation of the right to religious freedom by local governments, in particular concerning
the burial of non-Catholics and the construction of places of worship. In order to fight all
forms of religious discrimination and societal prejudice, particularly against Jewish and
Muslim communities, the Government continues, inter alia, to host meetings to increase
educational awareness and interreligious dialogue, while prominent religious and
government officials encourage mutual understanding. In recent years, the Ministry of the
Interior funded several projects to promote interfaith dialogue within the European
Integration Fund framework.
52.
Italy indicated that many training activities, including human rights education for all
law enforcement agencies, had been introduced. The School of Civil Administration offers
training courses to law enforcement officials on issues related to anti-Semitism and the
Holocaust. Several central and local administrations organized initiatives aimed at raising
public awareness.
Norway
53.
The Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion is responsible for
coordinating integration policies for immigrants and their children, to ensure that national
policies in various fields function in unison and contribute towards achieving the goals of
equal rights and duties. Dialogue and cooperation between different religious and “life
stance” (non-religious) communities can foster mutual understanding and achieve respect
and appreciation for both differences and common values. Financial grants have been
provided for the Council for Religious and Life Stance Communities, the Christian Council
of Norway and the Islamic Council of Norway.
54.
Authorities have a developed a system to prevent religiously motivated hate crimes,
which involves municipal units, local police, political parties and civil society. Police
councils and services for the coordination of local crime prevention have been set up in
more than 300 municipalities.
55.
In 2014, the Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion funded the
Norwegian campaign entitled “Young people combating hate speech online”, as part of the
European No Hate Speech Movement. The campaign is aimed at combating discrimination,
harassment and hate speech on the Internet, and at supporting young people and groups in
society who can be especially subjected to it.
56.
Norway stated that section 135 a of the Criminal Code criminalized the uttering of
discriminatory or hateful statements, which were defined as threatening or insulting anyone,
or inciting hatred or persecution of or contempt for anyone because of his or her skin
colour, national or ethnic origin, religion or life stance, or homosexuality, lifestyle or
orientation.
57.
The Government has an action plan against radicalization and violent extremism.
Among its 30 measures, a project is to be launched to prevent hate rhetoric and
discriminatory attitudes on the Internet. Oslo police have set up a special hate-crime unit.
Other measures taken to improve the response to hate crimes are police officer training
involving non-governmental organizations and regular round tables with civil society to
establish dialogue and cooperation.
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