A/HRC/31/74 Convention; strengthening national mechanisms; the criminalization of hate speech or incitement to hatred that leads to imminent violence and criminalization of xenophobic acts; effective remedies, in particular compensation/reparations to victims; and combating racial and religious profiling and discrimination. In conclusion, he requested the ChairRapporteur to prepare, on the basis of the deliberations from the seven sessions of the Ad Hoc Committee, elements of draft additional protocol during the intersessional period and share it with the Member States before the eighth session of the Committee for further consideration. III. General and topical discussions A. Assessment of the use of the complaint mechanism under article 14 19. At the 2nd meeting, on 13 July, Marc Bossuyt, member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, gave a presentation on the assessment of the use of the complaint mechanism under article 14 of the Convention. A summary of his presentation and the discussion with the meeting participants that followed is provided in annex I to the present report. B. Issues, challenges and best practices pertaining to reporting under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 20. At the 3rd meeting, on 14 July, the Chair-Rapporteur recalled that, in the report on its sixth session,1 the Ad Hoc Committee agreed to discuss at its seventh session issues, challenges and best practices pertaining to reporting under the Convention. As agreed by the coordinators of the regional groups, all States were invited to volunteer to brief the Ad Hoc Committee on their individual experiences in this regard during the seventh session. During the session, the representatives of Belgium, Ecuador (on its own behalf and again on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)), Guatemala, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan, South Africa and the United States gave briefings. Summaries of those presentations and the discussion with the meeting participants that followed is provided in annex I to the present report. C. Presentation and discussion on the purpose of general recommendations by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 21. At the 4th meeting, on 14 July, Anastasia Crickley, Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, gave a presentation on the purpose of the general recommendations made by the Committee and the process leading to their issuance in the context of the effective implementation of the Convention. A summary of her presentation and the discussion with the meeting participants that followed is provided in annex I to the present report. 1 See A/HRC/28/81, para. 97 (a). 7