A World of Sports Free From Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

A/HRC/RES/13/27View PDF

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A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 9 Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance : follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, published in 2010.

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3 versions · 2010–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/60/24

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/HRC/RES/60/24	A world of sports free from racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance	1,513	49%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/54/25	A world of sports free from racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance	1,882	34%Compare
2010	A/HRC/RES/13/27	A world of sports free from racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance	1,668	–

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15 operative paragraphs

Recognizes the shared commitment to a world of sports free from racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and calls upon all States to take all necessary measures to that end;

Welcomes the historic and unique dimension of the 2010 International Federation of Association Football World Cup in South Africa, which marks the first time this major sport event will be held on the African continent;

Underlines the importance of combating impunity for racially motivated crimes in sport, and urges States to take all appropriate measures, in accordance with domestic legislation and international obligations, to prevent, combat and address all manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in the context of sporting events, and to ensure that racially-motivated crimes are punished by law, as appropriate;

Stresses the importance of combating and addressing acts of incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence in sporting events;

Strongly encourages States to organize and finance awareness-raising campaigns for preventing and combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in sport;

Encourages relevant special procedures mandate holders to consider, within their existing mandates, the human rights dimensions and potential of sports free from racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

Invites States to consider including in their national reports, to be submitted to the Council under the universal periodic review mechanism, information on measures to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in sports and to promote sports as a tool to combat all forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

Encourages States to share experience and best practices in fighting all forms of racism and racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in sport and in promoting integration and intercultural dialogue in and through sport;

Invites the President of South Africa, the President of the International Federation of Association Football and the Secretary-General to strengthen and reinforce the visible theme on non-racism in football at the World Cup to be held in South Africa in 2010;

Invites host countries, in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, relevant parts of the United Nations, the International Olympic Committee, the International Federation of Association Football and other relevant international sporting bodies to seize the opportunity offered by major sports events to develop campaigns aimed at sensitizing a wide public on the eradication of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

Invites the High Commissioner to cooperate with the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, relevant parts of the United Nations, the International Olympic Committee, the International Federation of Association Football and other relevant international, regional and national sports associations and federations, as well as non-governmental organizations and civil society, in the development of programmes to prevent and eradicate racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in sports and to use sports as a tool to eliminate all forms of discrimination;

Encourages the High Commissioner, the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace and other relevant parts of the United Nations to engage with relevant international sporting bodies to discuss practical measures aimed at combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in sport, such as the development and promotion of codes of conduct against racism in sport and of international certificates for clubs and sports associations cooperating with programmes aimed at eradicating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in sports;

Encourages the High Commissioner and the President of the Council to invite, when appropriate, representatives of international sporting bodies to dialogue with the Council on these matters;

Calls on States, the United Nations and sport-related institutions to help initiate and assist in the implementation of grass-roots initiatives aimed at combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in sports, and invites the United Nations Office of Sport for Development and Peace, where appropriate, to coordinate and facilitate the engagement of the respective stakeholders;

Requests the High Commissioner to include these matters, as appropriate, in her relevant reports submitted to the Council.

The resolutions and decisions of the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its thirteenth session (A/HRC/13/56), chap. I.

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