A/HRC/RES/29/20 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 22 July 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-ninth session Agenda item 9 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 2 July 2015 29/20. The incompatibility between democracy and racism The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Recalling the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and other relevant international documents, Recalling also the commitment reached in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action concerning the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Recalling further the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted in September 2001 at the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Acknowledging that the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, in its paragraphs 81 and 85, and the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, in its paragraphs 10 and 11, recognize the incompatibility between democracy and racism, Recalling General Assembly resolutions 68/237 of 23 December 2013, in which the Assembly proclaimed the International Decade for People of African Descent, commencing on 1 January 2015 and ending on 31 December 2024, with the theme “People of African descent: recognition, justice and development”, and 69/16 of 18 November 2014, in which it adopted the programme of activities for the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent, Recalling also Human Rights Council resolution 18/15 of 29 September 2011 and Council decision 2/106 of 27 November 2006, and Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2000/40 of 20 April 2000, 2001/43 of 23 April 2001, 2002/39 of 23 April 2002, 2003/41 of 23 April 2003, 2004/38 of 19 April 2004 and 2005/36 of 19 April 2005, on the incompatibility between democracy and racism, Bearing in mind all relevant reports of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and of the United GE.15-12344(E) *1512344*