A/HRC/23/19 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted by the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 11/12 and decision 3/103. II. Organization of the session 2. The Intergovernmental Working Group held its tenth session from 8 to 19 October 2012 (see annex I). Participants reviewed progress on implementation of recommendations adopted by the Working Group at its ninth session and shared experiences, including best practices, in implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference. Participants also reviewed the activities of the “Respect diversity – football unites” campaign of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for the European Football Championship of 2012. Furthermore, thematic discussions on the role of politicians and political parties in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and on the enhancement of international and regional cooperation with regard to the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, were held. The presentations by the experts were followed by interactive discussions. The Working Group adopted conclusions and recommendations on the above-mentioned themes. A. Attendance 3. The session was attended by representatives of States Members of the United Nations, and observers from non-Member States and intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations (see annex II). 4. Under item 4 of the programme of work (see annex III), a review of the activities conducted for the UEFA EURO 2012 “Respect diversity – football unites” campaign was presented by the Executive Director of Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE), Piara Powar, and the Director of Football and Social Responsibility Unit at UEFA, Patrick Gasser. 5. During the session, presentations on the role of politicians and political parties in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance were made by Nazila Ghanea, lecturer in international human rights law at the University of Oxford; Alvaro Bello Maldonado, researcher at the Department of Anthropology at the Catholic University of Temuco, Chile; Lucrezia Meier-Schatz, member of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland of the National Council of the Federal Assembly delegation to the InterParliamentary Union (IPU); Ben Chigara, Professor of Law at Brunel University, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Jérôme Jamin, Professor at the University of Liège, Belgium; and Oscar Javier Parra Vera, Senior staff attorney at the Registry of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. 6. Presentations were also made on the enhancement of international and regional cooperation with regard to the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action by the Head of the Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Department at the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Floriane Hohenberg; the assignee to the Special Rapporteurship on People of African Descent and against Racial Discrimination at the 3