A/HRC/13/57 Qatar [Original: Arabic] 21. Qatar reported that it had undertaken legislative, institutional and awareness-raising activities to promote and protect religious freedoms and combat defamation of religions as part of its efforts to promote and protect human rights. Articles 18, 19, 34 and 35 of the Constitution of Qatar prohibited discrimination on the grounds of sex, origin, language or religion. Article 50 of the Constitution further guaranteed freedom of worship for all. 22. It was reported that article 256 of the Criminal Code of Qatar prescribed up to seven years’ imprisonment for any person who vandalized, damaged, destroyed or defiled places of worship, or insulted a Prophet in speech, writing, through imagery or gestures, or by any other means. Article 263 of the Criminal Code provided a prison sentence of up to one year or a fine, or both, for any person producing, selling, circulating, buying, possessing or advertising products, goods, prints or cassettes containing images, slogans, words, symbols, songs or any other material defaming Islam or the religions protected under sharia law. Qatar also reported that article 266 of the same Code provided a sanction of up to one year’s imprisonment or a fine, or both, for any person desecrating a place of burial. 23. Qatar reported that it had organized a number of international conferences and forums with a view to promoting religious tolerance and combating defamation of religions. The US-Islamic World Forum, organized annually since 2004, was bringing together leading religious scholars and politicians to break down barriers between the Muslim world and the United States of America. Since 2003, Qatar had also organized annual conferences for interfaith dialogue. As a result hereof, the Doha International Centre for Interfaith Dialogue was established in 2008 to promote a culture of dialogue and peaceful coexistence of humanity. 24. The State further reported that it was working on the creation of an international standing committee to address religious issues affecting non-Muslims. In 2005, agreements had been signed for the construction of six churches. The first Christian Church, known as the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, had been inaugurated by the Deputy Prime Minister. Serbia [Original: English] 25. Serbia reported on its legal guarantees against discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, in particular articles 21, 43 and 49 of the Constitution. Serbia noted that while according to article 50, paragraph 3, of the Constitution censorship was not allowed, a competent court could prevent the dissemination of information when this was necessary to prevent advocacy of racial, ethnic or religious hatred inciting discrimination, hostility or violence. 26. It was noted that a number of relevant national laws contained provisions guaranteeing freedom of religion and prohibiting religious discrimination. Religious intolerance was criminalized by article 131 of the Criminal Code with a fine or imprisonment of up to one year, and article 383 of the Criminal Code declared punishable the destruction of religious facilities or institutions in time of war or armed conflict by imprisonment of between 5 and 15 years. 27. Serbia also referred to its Public Information Act which, in its article 38, prohibited the publication of ideas and opinions which incited discrimination, hatred or violence against an individual or a group of individuals on account of their religion (among other grounds). The independent Republic Radio Broadcasting Agency was established per the GE.10-10223 7