A/HRC/40/75
C.
1.
Review of progress achieved concerning the implementation of
recommendations adopted by the Working Group at its previous
session
Conclusions
88.
The Working Group:
(a)
Reaffirms the importance of assessing the level of implementation of its
recommendations, sharing practices and discussing challenges and the way forward;
(b)
Acknowledges the joint efforts of various stakeholders, which have
contributed significantly to raising awareness of the actions taken to combat
discrimination during the recent World Cup in the Russian Federation. The Working
Group takes notes of the “Global Guide to discriminatory practices in football”
published by UEFA and the Fare Network, which is a tool to help recognize and
prevent the display of racist symbols and behaviour;
(c)
Takes note of the OHCHR pilot project on the non-discrimination legacy
of the 2018 World Cup in the Russian Federation.
2.
Recommendations
89.
The Working Group:
(a)
Recommends that OHCHR cooperate with 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 sport
and to use sports as a tool to eliminate all forms of discrimination, including long-term
strategies that focus on dialogue and empowerment. The Working Group is also
considering expanding partnership with organizations including the United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF), ILO and international youth associations, among others;
(b)
Encourages States organizing future mass sporting events, international
sports associations and relevant non-governmental organizations to use the
opportunity presented by such events to undertake activities aimed at fighting all
forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in sport, in
particular through awareness-raising activities on the problems associated with
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;
(c)
Recalls the invitation extended by the Working Group at its thirteenth
session to OHCHR to contribute to the development of a multi-year programme of
action to provide for the renewed and strengthened outreach activities needed to
inform and mobilize the global public in support of the Durban Declaration and
Programme of Action, and to strengthen awareness of the contribution it has made in
the struggle against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;
(d)
Recalls the recommendation of the Working Group at its eighth session,
in which it highlighted “the importance of increasing public support for the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action and the involvement of all relevant
stakeholders in its realization”, and the repeated calls by the General Assembly, the
Human Rights Council and the Working Group to intensify efforts to distribute
widely copies of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action;
(e)
Encourages OHCHR to make available and distribute the combined
publication containing the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, the
Outcome Document of the 2009 Durban Review Conference and the political
declaration adopted by the 2011 High-level meeting to commemorate the tenth
anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.
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