Countering Religious Hatred Constituting Incitement to Discrimination, Hostility or Violence

A/HRC/RES/53/1View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 1Organizational and procedural matters, published in 2023.

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1 entity

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What subjects does this mandate have?

7 topics

Anti-Discrimination Measures Conferences Discrimination Group Hatred Religious Intolerance Religious Symbols Violence

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs

Condemns and strongly rejects any advocacy or manifestation of religious hatred, including the recent public and premeditated acts of desecration of the Holy Qur’an, and underscores the need for holding those responsible to account in a manner consistent with the obligations of States arising from international human rights law;

Calls upon States to adopt national laws, policies and law enforcement frameworks that address, prevent and prosecute acts and advocacy of religious hatred that constitute incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, and to take immediate steps to ensure accountability;

Urges the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and all relevant special procedures of the Human Rights Council and treaty bodies, within their respective mandates, to speak out against advocacy of religious hatred, including acts of desecration of sacred books that could constitute incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, and to make recommendations on addressing this phenomenon;

Requests the High Commissioner to present at its fifty-fourth session an oral update on the various drivers, root causes and human rights impacts of religious hatred constituting incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, highlighting gaps in existing national, legal, policy and law enforcement frameworks, in particular in the context of the urgent debate, held at the fifty-third session of the Human Rights Council, to be followed by an interactive dialogue;

Decides to organize an interactive panel discussion of experts at its fifty-fifth session to identify drivers, root causes and human rights impacts of the desecration of sacred books and places of worship, as well as religious symbols, as a manifestation of religious hatred that could constitute incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, and to outline gaps that may exist in laws, policies, practices and law enforcement that impede the prevention and prosecution of such public and premeditated acts, and to propose normative, legal, policy and administrative deterrence measures, both offline and online, to counter such acts of religious hatred that constitute incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence against individuals based on their religion or belief, and also hinders full enjoyment of their fundamental rights and freedoms, and invites the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to liaise with States, relevant United Nations bodies and agencies, relevant special procedures, civil society and other stakeholders with a view to ensuring their participation in the panel discussion and that the panel discussion is made accessible to persons with disabilities;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to present a report on the deliberations of the panel discussion to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-sixth session;

Decides to remain seized of this matter.

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