A/HRC/28/47 45. The Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration in Ireland is designed to cherish the memory of all of the victims of the Holocaust and to provide lessons from the past. The inclusion of all victim groups is fundamental to the commemoration, and education about anti-Semitism and all forms of intolerance is important. The Holocaust Educational Trust Ireland advises and assists the Government with organizing the annual commemoration with the involvement of the Department of Justice and Equality (through the Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration), Dublin City Council, Dublin Maccabi Charitable Trust and the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland. Italy 46. The Constitution provides specific protection for freedom of conscience and religious experience, taking into consideration private, collective and institutional aspects (arts. 2, 3, 7, 8 and 19). In accordance with article 3, the non-discrimination principle constitutes one of the main pillars of the basic security system. The Government has created comprehensive legislation by translating both European Union Directive 2000/43/EC and European Union Directive 2000/78/EC in order to prohibit all forms of discrimination based on race or ethnic origin, in any area or sector, both private and public, and to regulate the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation as regards employment and occupation. 47. Italy has developed a regulatory reference framework to combat hate crimes by adopting measures to support potential victims of discriminatory actions and conduct and by means of a system of penalties. The legislation provides for the punishment of organizations, associations, movements or groups that have among their aims incitement to discrimination or to violence motivated by racial, ethnic or religious reasons. It sets out aggravating circumstances for all crimes committed on the ground of discrimination or racial hatred. By law, judicial authorities have to verify any existence of criminal content in documents, speeches and programmes made by political representatives. 48. The Office of Studies and Institutional Relations under the Presidency of the Council of Ministers is in continuous contact with and cooperates with the national organization of the Jewish community, mainly regarding issues related to the implementation of the intesa1 and problems of discrimination. 49. Since 2010, the Committee for Italian Islam has focused on issues of integration and the exercise of civil rights. It has issued position papers, endorsed by the Ministry of the Interior, on the Islamic veil and places and ministries of worship. The National Office against Racial Discrimination (UNAR), established at the Department for Equal Opportunities under the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and operating as a national equality body, is entrusted by law with the promotion of equality and the eradication of discrimination; to that end, it assists victims and monitors discriminatory phenomena in Italy. 50. The Observatory for Security against Discriminatory Acts (OSCAD), established in 2010 in response to the demand for security from potential victims of discrimination, 1 A special agreement between the Government and a religious confession, which provides, inter alia, for the autonomy and independence of a denomination and for issues fundamental for believers and religious practices. Such agreements generally include provisions for spiritual assistance in collective institutions; education; recognition of civil marriages; fiscal treatment and financial relations between the State and the religious denomination; protection of places of worship and cultural and historical assets; guarantees regarding cultural identity; free exercise of worship; religious festivities; and the organization and management of religious confessions. 9