A/HRC/13/58 39. Mexico, on behalf of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Uruguay, made the following suggestion: Publish a digest of case studies, in which regionally developed jurisprudence could also be included, in order to shed light on existing practices in this field. 40. Nigeria, on behalf of the African Group, made the following proposal: States are to include in their criminal legislation offences in which religious motives are an aggravating factor. 41. At the opening of the 7th meeting, the Chairperson explained that consultations were ongoing as to how the issue of refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) could be added to the programme of work and how, in more general terms, the programme of work could be reformulated so as to be acceptable to all delegations for adoption. The meeting was adjourned until the following day. 42. At the opening of the 8th meeting, on the proposal of the Chairperson, the consideration of issues as recorded in the draft programme of work continued in alphabetical order, pending adoption of the draft programme of work. 4. Establishment, designation or maintaining of national mechanisms with competences to protect and prevent against discrimination 43. Statements and/or text proposals were made by the United Kingdom, Sweden (on behalf of the EU), Ireland, Belgium, Canada, the United States of America, the Netherlands, Brazil, France, Poland, Liechtenstein, Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Pakistan (on behalf of the OIC) and Norway. The following observers took the floor: Association for World Education and World Union for Progressive Judaism (joint statement); Indigenous Peoples and Nations Coalition and the Indian Council of South America (joint statement); CRED; Association of World Citizens (see A/HRC/13/CRP.1). 44. The United Kingdom considered that complementary standards could take the form of guidelines or best practices. 45. The OIC presented the following proposal: Establish an independent specialized body to monitor the whole process related to racio-religious discrimination and intolerance: collect, compile, analyse, publish and disseminate statistical data on racism and racial discrimination; assist victims, investigate cases, monitor legislation, and provide training to police, prosecutors and judges on legislation, planning and execution of relevant provisions of the instrument as well as raise awareness on promoting tolerance and preventing defamation of religions. 46. Sweden, on behalf of the EU, submitted the following proposal: Considering the importance of national mechanisms to protect against discrimination, States should adopt national action plans for human rights. 47. Considering that gaps existed only in the implementation of existing international obligations, the United States, supported by France and Norway, presented the following proposals: 1. GE.10-10366 All Member States to submit reports on their national mechanisms by March 2010 and non-governmental organizations to submit their input on this topic as well; 11