A/HRC/RES/43/29 figures that express support for the affirmation of superiority of a race or an ethnic group, dehumanize and demonize persons belonging to minorities, disseminating hostility and prejudice against ethnic, religious or racial groups, or condone or justify violence against them, Recognizing that gender plays a role in the planning and commission of genocide and the distinct ways it can be planned and perpetrated against women, men, girls and boys, including through acts of sexual and gender-based violence, and the importance that gender analysis has for prevention and accountability measures, Strongly condemning violence against women and girls, such as murder, rape, including systematic rape, sexual slavery, forced pregnancy and enforced sterilization, and calling for effective measures of accountability and redress where those acts amount to violations of international human rights and humanitarian law, Welcoming the launching of the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech as an effective tool to fight incitement to discrimination, hostility and violence, Welcoming also the Plan of Action for Religious Leaders and Actors to Prevent Incitement to Violence that Could Lead to Atrocity Crimes, Emphasizing that the presence of an organized, knowledgeable, strong and representative civil society and free, diverse and independent media able to operate freely would significantly reduce the risk of genocide, Noting with concern that attempts to deny or to justify the crime of genocide as defined in the Convention and established as such under international law may risk undermining the fight against impunity, reconciliation and efforts to prevent genocide, Expressing deep concern that justification, biased accounts or denial of past instances of genocide may increase the risk of reoccurrence of violence, Acknowledging the necessity to protect the cultural heritage of persons belonging to minorities from intentional destruction aimed at erasing evidence of their presence as a key factor for preservation of their identity, Recognizing the importance of fact-based casualty recording initiatives led by State authorities, independent civil society or internationally mandated organizations, and the contribution they can make to the effectiveness of early warning mechanisms, ensuring accountability, truth, justice, reparation, guarantees of non-recurrence and the preservation of historic memory, and combating genocide denial and other forms of hate speech, Reaffirming that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Underlining the fact that, when designing and implementing strategies, policies and measures to address gross human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law, the specific context of each situation must be taken into account with a view to preventing the recurrence of crises and future violations, Recalling that the Human Rights Council was mandated by the General Assembly to address situations of violations of human rights, including gross and systematic violations, and to make recommendations thereon, and that it should also promote the effective coordination and mainstreaming of human rights in the United Nations system, Recognizing the important contribution of the United Nations human rights system to efforts towards preventing situations in which the crime of genocide could be committed, Reaffirming its full support for the mandate of the Special Adviser to the SecretaryGeneral on the Prevention of Genocide, who acts as, inter alia, an early warning mechanism to prevent potential situations that could result in genocide, Taking note of the framework of analysis for atrocity crimes developed by the Office of the Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and on the Responsibility to Protect as one of the tools to assess the risk of genocide in any situation, and encouraging Member States and regional and subregional organizations to use relevant frameworks, as appropriate, for guidance in their prevention work, 3