CSTO PA and FAEA of Russia to continue work on legislation to combat national, racial and religious intolerance

On January 24, Igor Barinov, head of the Russian Federal Agency for Ethnic Affairs, met with Sergei Pospelov, Executive Secretary of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly.

During the meeting, the parties discussed cooperation. Both leaders expressed mutual interest in developing cooperation and exchanging experience.

“Today, it is very important to step up the fight against national, racial and religious intolerance at the legislative level. These issues concern the entire global community. Particular attention should be paid to counteracting large-scale dissemination and propaganda of respective anti-values,” Sergei Pospelov noted.

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of model acts adopted and planned to be developed by the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly in the area of combating Nazism and protecting historical memory

Recommendations on the Approximation and Harmonization of the CSTO Member States’ National Legislation in the Area of Combating Terrorism and Extremism

Recommendations on the Improvement of Legislative Support of Countering Crime on the Grounds of National, Racial and Religious Intolerance in the CSTO Member States

Recommendations on the Improvement of the CSTO Member States’ National Legislation in the Area of Countering the Dissemination of Nazism and its Manifestations.

Recommendations on the Criminalization of Actions Related to Attempts to Rehabilitate Nazism, Distort Historical Truth, Humiliate Honour and Dignity of Military Veterans, Equate the USSR’s Role to Germany’s in the Second World War and Belittle the Humanitarian Mission of the USSR in the Liberation of Europe

Recommendations on the Formulation of CSTO Member States’ Common Approaches of the CSTO Member States to the Development of Measures to Counteract External Destructive Attempts to Revise and Distort the Historical Events and Outcomes of the Great Patriotic War and Second World War and the Methods of Teaching Their History

Recommendations on the Harmonization of the CSTO Member States’ Legislation in the Area of Military-Patriotic Education and Upbringing (with the development of a draft CSTO model law On Military-Patriotic Youth Organizations)

Recommendations on the Harmonization of the CSTO Member States’ Criminal Legislation Criminalizing Offences Against Peace and Security of Humanity