A/HRC/31/74 Contents Page I. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Organization of the session .............................................................................................................. 3 A. Attendance ............................................................................................................................... 3 B. Opening of the session ............................................................................................................ 3 C. Election of the Chair-Rapporteur ............................................................................................ 3 D. Adoption of the agenda ........................................................................................................... 4 E. Organization of work .............................................................................................................. 4 General and topical discussions ....................................................................................................... 7 A. Assessment of the use of the complaint mechanism under article 14 ...................................... 7 B. Issues, challenges and best practices pertaining to reporting under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ............. 7 Presentation and discussion on the purpose of general recommendations by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ......................................................... 7 D. Comparison of the relevant procedures of other treaties ......................................................... 8 E. Procedural gaps with regard to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ......................................................................................... 8 F. Sport and racism ...................................................................................................................... 8 G. Panel discussion to provide a comparative perspective on national, regional and subregional mechanisms .................................................................................... 8 H. General discussion and exchange of views, 12th meeting ...................................................... 8 I. Questionnaire conducted pursuant to paragraph 4 of Human Rights Council resolution 21/30 .......................................................................................................... 10 J. General discussion and exchange of views, 14th meeting ....................................................... 13 K. General discussion and exchange of views, 15th meeting ....................................................... 17 Adoption of the report ...................................................................................................................... 18 I. Summaries of the expert presentations and initial discussions on the agenda topics ....................... 21 II. Programme of work .......................................................................................................................... 50 III. List of attendance ............................................................................................................................ 52 III. C. IV. Annexes 2