A/HRC/34/35 provision of services, the delivery of public functions, education and the management and disposal of premises. 70. The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion is enshrined in article 9 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, to which the United Kingdom is a signatory. There are also laws against incitement to racial and religious hatred. Under the Public Order Act 1986, it is an offence to commit an act that is threatening, abusive or insulting and which is intended or likely to stir up racial hatred. 71. Under the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006, an offence is committed if a person uses threatening words or behaviour, or displays any written material that is threatening, if the person intends to stir up religious hatred. Possession, publication or distribution of inflammatory material is also an offence. The Terrorism Act 2006 makes it a criminal offence to directly or indirectly incite or encourage others to commit, prepare or instigate acts of terrorism. 72. The Government reports that it has set up the first ever cross-government working group on anti-Muslim hatred and funds, TellMAMA, the first service to record incidents and support victims. It also supports the cross-government working group on anti-Semitism to respond to the concerns of the Jewish community and it supports the Anne Frank Trust to challenge prejudice and hatred in schools across London and the West Midlands. The Government plans to publish its new hate crime action plan in the summer of 2017. III. Information received from non-Member States State of Palestine 73. Palestine states that all religions and beliefs are respected. Article 9 of the Constitution provides that all Palestinians are equal before the law. Article 273 of the Penal Code concerns the verbal disrespect of any religion or prophets, which is punishable by imprisonment of between one and three years. Articles 275, 276 and 277 provide for punishment and imprisonment for destruction of a place of worship, regardless of religion; and damage to religious cemeteries or other places of burial. 74. Article 278 prohibits the dissemination of texts, religious articles or pictures that insult a religion and verbal insults, in a public place where others can hear, of other religions. Article 146 makes the intentional destruction of a religious place or insult to a religion, a felony. 75. The disciplinary and educational laws stipulate that everyone has the right to education, regardless of sex, religion, where they live, their colour or background. IV. Observations and views on follow-up measures to further improve the implementation of the action plan 76. In recent years, there has been greater international attention paid to issues concerning discrimination, intolerance and violence on the basis of religion or belief and Member States have agreed to address them through a number of actions and measures. 77. There is also a rising tide of attacks around the world that target people on account of their religious beliefs, including in places of worship, and horrific acts of incitement to hatred, as well as evidence of racial or religious profiling. 78. It is important to recognize that multiple forms of discrimination may affect individuals and groups. Women suffer from discrimination on the grounds of both gender and religion or belief, often because they are identifiable through manifestations of their faith, and consequently they may bear the brunt of discrimination aimed at their communities. 79. The High Commissioner has repeatedly highlighted increasingly worrying levels of incitement to racial or religious hatred and violence, particularly against ethnic or religious 10