A/HRC/13/58 That the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination might consider elaborating a general comment on the issue. 83. Recalling the footnote on page 11 of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, Pakistan, on behalf of the OIC made the following proposals, which were also made by Nigeria, on behalf of the African Group: 13. 1. The States parties shall condemn, combat and prohibit by law, any form of double or multiple discrimination on the grounds of race, ethnicity, gender and religion; 2. The States parties shall give new and urgent attention to the rights of women facing multiple forms of discrimination, exclusion, violence and that due consideration is given to the most disadvantaged and vulnerable women, including from minority communities who face problems compounded by their uniquely disadvantaged positions in society; 3. That States shall prosecute civil and criminal cases of violations of the human rights of women, both on the basis of gender and on the basis of belonging to certain racial and religious communities, and bring such offenders to justice. Non-discrimination in the provision of aid to victims of natural catastrophes 84. Statements and/or text proposals were made by Colombia (on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC)), Liechtenstein, Panama, Sweden (on behalf of the EU), and Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group) (see A/HRC/13/CRP.1). 85. 86. 14. Colombia, on behalf of GRULAC suggested the following language: 1. To propose to the Ad Hoc Committee to request the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to conduct, in collaboration with the Institute for Sustainable Development and Research, Inter-Agency Standing Committee and the humanitarian agencies (the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Committee of the Red Cross), a study regarding the need to elaborate principles and guidelines for States and their authorities for the elimination of discrimination against people affected by natural disasters in all phases of the response to natural disaster (before, during and after the disaster). 2. An international legal rule on non-discrimination (without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin) in the assistance and protection of persons affected by natural disasters in relation to the immediate response, reconstruction and prevention, through measures of risk reduction made regarding the needs, especially of the most vulnerable, would be a clear advance in the elimination of discrimination on an increasing portion of humanity. The Chair opened the 11th meeting with a discussion on the following issue: Protection of migrants against racist, discriminatory and xenophobic practices 87. Statements and/or text proposals were made by Colombia (on behalf of GRULAC), Liechtenstein, Ecuador, Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Sweden (on behalf of States members of the EU), Azerbaijan, Pakistan (on behalf of the OIC), Mexico, Argentina, Algeria, and Canada. The following observer made a statement: AIPD (see A/HRC/13/CRP.1). 88. GE.10-10366 GRULAC made the following proposal: 19