A/HRC/13/58 12. Multiple forms of discrimination 77. Statements and/or text proposals were made by Colombia (on behalf of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Uruguay), Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Sweden (on behalf of States members of the EU), Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), the United States of America, Switzerland (on behalf of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Korea and Uruguay), the United Kingdom and Pakistan (on behalf of States members of the OIC). The following observer made a statement: Action internationale pour la paix et le développement dans la région des Grands Lacs (AIPD) (see A/HRC/13/CRP.1). 78. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Uruguay made the following proposal: To request that OHCHR elaborate a compilation of general comments of the human rights treaty bodies related to the interpretation and implementation of the expressions “multiple forms of discrimination” and discrimination by “other status”, and to include in such compilation the accepted recommendations and voluntary commitments of States under the universal periodic review process, and the recommendations of the special procedures regarding the fight against “multiple forms of discrimination” and discrimination by “other status”. Such compilation could be an important source of information to the national human rights institutions in order to help them to implement national policies in the fight against “multiple forms of discrimination” and discrimination by “other status”. Also, this information could be useful to develop a set of guidelines that can contribute to strengthen the efforts of States in this area. 79. The EU requested States to make the following commitments: 1. To promote and protect the human rights of all persons, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity; 2. To take all necessary measures, in particular legislative or administrative, to ensure that sexual orientation or gender identity may under no circumstances be the basis for criminal penalties, in particular executions, arrests or detention; 3. To ensure that human rights violations based on sexual orientation or gender identity are investigated and perpetrators held accountable and brought to justice. 80. The EU proposed that every individual should have the right to have their sexual orientation protected and to be free from violence, harassment, discrimination, exclusion, stigmatization and prejudice. 81. The United States called on States to collect data on the incidence of multiple forms of discrimination within their jurisdiction and to analyse whether the implementation of existing laws against discrimination was adequate. 82. Switzerland, on behalf of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Uruguay stated that it favoured an inclusive approach to multiple and aggravated forms of discrimination and that there was no justification for restricting the discussion on the grounds of discrimination explicitly mentioned in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. It suggested the issue be studied further, in consultation with the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and made the following proposal: 18 GE.10-10366