A/HRC/RES/42/29 Underlining the importance of removing legal obstacles and eliminating discriminatory practices that hamper individuals and groups, in particular people of African descent, from participating fully in the public and political life of the countries in which they live, including the lack of the exercise of their full citizenship rights, Noting with appreciation the annual observance in Geneva of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, and the support expressed at its commemoration in 2017 for the establishment at the United Nations Office at Geneva of a memorial to the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, 1. Underscores the importance of political will and commitment to eliminate all forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; 2. 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; 3. 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; 4. 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; 5. 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;1 6. 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; 7. 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 seventyfifth 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; 8. 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 1 2 See A/HRC/42/58.