From Rhetoric to Reality a Global Call for Concrete Action Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 9Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, published in 2019.

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12 versions · 2008–2025

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Anniversaries Anti-Discrimination Measures Conferences Group Hatred Memorials People of African Descent Racial Discrimination Violence Written Communications Xenophobia

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Underscores the importance of political will and commitment to eliminate all forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

Underlines the imperative need for the full and effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action as the instructive outcome document of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance for combating all the scourges of racism, including its contemporary and resurgent forms, some of which have regrettably taken violent forms, as well as of the programme of activities of the International Decade on People of African Descent;

Alarmed at the resurgent violent manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance precipitated by scientifically false, morally condemnable, socially unjust and dangerous ideologies, such as white supremacy, as well as by extremist nationalist and populist ideologies, and underlines in this respect that human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and that everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person;

Encourages States to make the requisite declaration in accordance with article 14 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination recognizing the competence of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to receive and consider communications from individuals or groups of individuals within their jurisdiction under its complaints procedure;

Reaffirms the work of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which, at its tenth session, commenced discussions on the elaboration of a draft additional protocol to the Convention;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to organize, before the eleventh session of the Ad Hoc Committee, a two-day expert seminar, with two legal experts from each region in the relevant areas of law, a member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in order to consider the elements of a draft additional protocol to the Convention prepared by the Ad Hoc Committee at its tenth session pursuant to General Assembly resolution 73/262 and Human Rights Council resolution 34/36, and to prepare a report on the deliberations and recommendations thereon and submit it to the Ad Hoc Committee at its eleventh session;

Requests the Group of Independent Eminent Experts on the Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action to convene its seventh session for five working days during 2020, and to submit a report to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session, and in this regard invites the Chair of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action to engage in an interactive dialogue with the Assembly under the item entitled “Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance” at its seventy-fifth session;

Deplores the ongoing use of social media platforms to incite hatred and violence against migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, and calls upon States to prohibit by law any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, including that propagated by information and communications technology;

Reaffirms the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, and that any propaganda for war and any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence should be prohibited by law;

Calls upon all States that have not yet done so, and consistent with paragraph 75 of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, to consider withdrawing their reservations on article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and on articles 18, 19 and 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

Welcomes the convening of regional meetings organized by the Office of the High Commissioner to effectively implement the programme of activities of the International Decade for People of African Descent, encourages Member States and other stakeholders to adopt action-orientated recommendations at these meetings, and calls upon States, regional organizations and other stakeholders to facilitate the participation of civil society from their respective countries and regions at the meetings;

Also welcomes the constructive discussions held in Geneva on the modalities of the Forum on People of African Descent, and encourages the General Assembly to define them at its seventy-fourth session;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to commence preparations for the midterm review, in 2020, of the International Decade for People of African Descent;

Requests the High Commissioner, in her capacity as coordinator of the Decade, to submit a midterm report on her activities in follow-up to the implementation of the programme of activities within the framework of the Decade to the Human Rights Council at its forty-fifth session;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to convene in 2020, from within existing resources and in cooperation with other relevant entities of the United Nations system, a midterm review of the Decade;

Requests the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action to commence preparations for the commemoration, in 2021, of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, from within existing resources, and to submit a comprehensive report on its implementation to the Human Rights Council at its forty-fifth session and the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session;

Welcomes the intention of the African Union to convene a consultative group for the project to establish at the United Nations Office at Geneva a memorial to the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, and invites Member States and all other actors to lend their support to the initiative;

Acknowledges the work done by the Office of the High Commissioner, and invites the High Commissioner to continue to attribute a high priority to the issue of preventing and combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in the work of the Office of the High Commissioner;

Decides to remain seized of this important issue.

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