A/HRC/18/44 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 65/199, in which the Assembly requested the Special Rapporteur to prepare for the Human Rights Council a report on the implementation of that resolution based on the views collected in accordance with the request of the Commission on Human Rights. 2. In paragraph 22 of resolution 65/199, the General Assembly recalled the request of the Commission on Human Rights, in its resolution 2005/5, that the Special Rapporteur continue to reflect on the issue of the inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and racial intolerance, to make relevant recommendations in his future reports and to seek and take into account in this regard the views of Governments and non-governmental organizations. 3. In the light of the information received, in the present report, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance addresses the latest developments that he has identified with regard to the human rights and democratic challenges that extremist political parties, movements and groups, including neo-Nazis and skinhead groups, as well as similar extremist ideological movements continue to pose. In this respect, he identifies good practices developed by States and different stakeholders since the previous report submitted by the Special Rapporteur to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/15/45) and the General Assembly (A/65/323) on the implementation of Assembly resolutions 63/162 and 64/147. In the report, he also examines the main areas of concern where more efforts and consistent vigilance are required, including with regard to the protection of vulnerable groups of individuals against racist and xenophobic crimes and the protection and consolidation of democracy and human rights in general. 4. The Special Rapporteur points out that the current report is based on information received up to 4 July 2011. Furthermore, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 65/199, paragraph 23, a more detailed report including a summary of the contributions sent by States and other stakeholders on the implementation of the above mentioned resolution, will be submitted to the Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. 5. The Special Rapporteur concludes the report with his conclusions and recommendations. II. Good practices developed at the national level to counter extremist political parties, movements and groups, including neo-Nazis and skinhead groups, and similar extremist ideological movements 6. In the section below, the Special Rapporteur presents an overview of some of the practices developed by States and other stakeholders to counter extremist political parties, movements and groups, including neo-Nazis and skinhead groups, and similar extremist ideological movements. The information provided to the Special Rapporteur shows that legislative, policy and institutional measures have been taken by States. Such governmental measures have also been complemented by encouraging initiatives developed by civil society organizations. 7. In his previous report submitted to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/15/45), the Special Rapporteur noted that the persistent existence of extremist political parties, movements and groups, including neo-Nazis and skinhead groups, and similar extremist ideological movements poses major challenges to a number of human rights and freedoms, 3