A/HRC/37/44 support and organize various activities, including youth forums, football tournaments, radio programmes, book fairs, cultural and literary round tables, training forums and cultural dialogues in Doha and around the world. 49. The Russian Federation also supported youth initiatives which contribute to the culture of tolerance, harmonization of inter-ethnic relations, development of inter-ethnic friendship and social adaptation. A number of events and meetings took place in 2017 with a view to disseminating, developing and strengthening inter-ethnic and interreligious dialogue and tolerance. 50. Ukraine reported that an International Interfaith Conference entitled “The role of religious values in strengthening social stability, dissemination of the culture of peaceful coexistence and overcoming hatred” was held in October 2017. A set of important and relevant questions, such as enhancement of State policy in the sphere of religion and the promotion of interfaith and intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding in the society, were discussed. 51. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reported that senior leadership is involved in joint efforts through different forums, including the Congress of the Fatherland, presidential councils and the National Assembly, to dialogue with different religious sectors in the country, in order to emphasize the fight against religious intolerance, incitement to hatred and hostility. K. Taking effective measures to ensure that public functionaries, in the conduct of their public duties, do not discriminate against an individual on the basis of religion or belief17 52. Australia widely promotes, disseminates and educates public functionaries about its anti-discrimination laws. All government employees are subject to a code of conduct set out at sections 10 and 13 of the Public Service Act 1999. All government departments advertise their anti-discrimination laws on their websites, enabling complaints of discrimination to be brought. In the immigration context, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection also has a compliments, complaints and suggestion page on the website which promotes the reporting of any complaints. 53. The State of Palestine reported that the relations between public servants and citizens is regulated in order to prevent issues such as discrimination based upon religion, including through article 10 of the intelligence services code of conduct, article 18 of High Judiciary Council resolution No. 3 of 2006 and the 2011 code on the conduct of employees in the judicial sector regulating judges and these public employees. Article 8 of Ministerial Cabinet resolution No. 8 of 2016 provides for the establishment of complaint units in government departments and regional councils to follow up on complaints lodged by citizens and civil society organizations. 54. In the United Kingdom, the Human Rights Act 1998 places a duty on all public authorities to uphold and promote human rights in all actions, meaning that their policies, programmes and services should ensure that individuals are autonomous, safe, and can participate in the decisions that affect their lives. L. Fostering religious freedom and pluralism by promoting the ability of members of all religious communities to manifest their religion, and to contribute openly and on an equal footing to society18 55. In Algeria, law No. 02-06 regulates the religious practices of non-Muslims, allowing for the freedom to embrace the religion they wish and practise the faith they desire. It also establishes the conditions and procedural, organizational and administrative measures that 17 18 10 Paragraph 8 (a) of resolution 34/32. Paragraph 8 (b) of resolution 34/32.

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