RES/21/30 Elaboration of complementary standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Document Type: Final Resolution
Date: 2012 Oct
Session: 21st Regular Session (2012 Sep)
Agenda Item: Item9: Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
Topic: Racism, Discrimination
- Main sponsors54
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South Africa
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Eswatini
Tanzania, United Republic of
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
- Co-sponsors10
GE.12-17811
Human Rights Council Twenty-first session
Agenda item 9
Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
forms of intolerance, follow-up and implementation of
the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
21/30.
Elaboration of complementary standards to the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling its decision 3/103 of 8 December 2006 on the elaboration of
complementary standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Racial Discrimination and the establishment of the Ad Hoc Committee for this purpose,
Welcoming the progress achieved and noting the views expressed during the fourth
session of the Ad Hoc Committee,
Recalling the need for adequate protection for victims of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance at the national, regional and
international levels, as well as appropriate remedies while combating all forms of impunity
in this regard,
Underlining the imperative need for the Ad Hoc Committee to elaborate
complementary standards to the International Convention in accordance with paragraph 199
of the Durban Programme of Action,
1. Decides that the Ad Hoc Committee shall convene its fifth session from 8
to19 April 2013;
2. Takes note of the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on its fourth session;1
3. Invites the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Ad Hoc Committee to hold
informal consultations, from within existing resources, with regional and political
coordinators during the inter-sessional period between the fourth and fifth sessions of the
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in
the report of the Council on its twenty-first session (A/HRC/21/2), chap. I. 1 A/HRC/21/59.
Ad Hoc Committee, with the aim of preparing the fifth session and collecting concrete
proposals for discussion on the topics of xenophobia, establishment, designation or
maintaining of national mechanisms with competencies to protect against and prevent all
forms and manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance, and procedural gaps with regard to the International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, in accordance with its mandate;
4. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to send out a questionnaire, from within existing resources, to gather information
regarding the three topics discussed during the fourth session of the Ad Hoc Committee and
in its report (xenophobia, national mechanisms and procedural gaps), including legal and
judicial frameworks and practices, substantive and procedural measures in line with the
mandate of the Ad Hoc Committee, and possible recommendations;
5. Invites the Office of the High Commissioner to post the responses to the
questionnaire on its website and, in consultation with the Chairperson-Rapporteur, to
prepare a summary of responses to the questionnaire received during the inter-sessional
period for discussion by the Ad Hoc Committee at its fifth session;
6. Recommends that the Ad Hoc Committee, at its fifth session, discuss new
topic(s) as contained in its report on its third session2 or additional topic(s) submitted during
the inter-sessional period;
7. Decides to remain seized of this priority issue.
39th meeting
28 September 2012
[Adopted without a vote.]
2 A/HRC/18/36.