A/HRC/31/27 Council at its twenty-eighth session (A/HRC/28/72). IN her report, the Special Rapporteur expressed her concern at learning of the progress of a package of four bills relating to religious conversion, interfaith marriage, monogamy and population control. She urged the authorities of Myanmar to revise or withdraw the bills, which did not meet international human rights standards and risked entrenching discrimination against women and minorities. 44. In a statement delivered on 8 May 2015, at the end of his mission to Greece from 4 to 8 May 2015, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance noted that combating hate and prejudice was not just about financial resources and that, in times of economic crisis, blaming the most vulnerable members of society only contributed to reinforcing a climate of hostility and violence towards those groups and individuals. He added that more initiatives needed to be undertaken to effectively address hate speech and verbal abuse against vulnerable groups, including irregular migrants and minorities, such as Roma. 45. In June 2015, the Special Rapporteur presented to the Human Rights Council a report on racial and ethnic profiling (A/HRC/29/46). In his report, he examined the contexts that had led to the use of racial and ethnic profiling, and provided an overview of the different manifestations of the phenomenon by law enforcement agencies. He discussed the legal, policy and regulatory frameworks prohibiting racial and ethnic profiling, and the policies and laws adopted at the international, regional and national levels, and presented different examples of good practices initiated to counter and eliminate the use of racial and ethnic profiling. 46. In June 2015, the Special Rapporteur also presented to the Human Rights Council his report on combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (A/HRC/29/47). In his report, the Special Rapporteur examined the main areas of concern in which further efforts and constant vigilance were required, including with regard to the protection of vulnerable groups of individuals against racist and xenophobic crimes and the promotion and consolidation of democracy and human rights in general. He also identified good practices developed by States and various stakeholders. 47. On 12 June 2015, the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, together with the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, the Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect and the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, delivered a statement in which they expressed their grave concern at the ongoing threat to the safety of minority groups in the Syrian Arab Republic, including Alawites, Armenians, Assyrians, Druze, Ismailis and Kurds. 48. The Special Rapporteur on minority issues presented a report to the Human Rights Council, at its twenty-ninth session, containing a comprehensive study on the human rights situation of Roma worldwide, with a particular focus on the phenomenon of anti-Gypsyism (A/HRC/29/24). In the report, the Special Rapporteur found that, although the reasons for the marginalization of Roma were complex, the overarching factor was the deeply embedded social and structural discrimination that Roma face worldwide. She urged States to place the rights of Roma at the heart of all strategies and policies relating to human and minority rights, social inclusion and development, with explicit goals for Roma communities. 49. In September 2015, the Special Rapporteur also held a regional consultation in Brazil on the situation of Roma in the Americas. Roma leaders and activists from many regional States, including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, participated in the consultation. 11