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proposed elements. It was clarified that as the Committee worked through the document, all
text was open for refinement and amendment until finally adopted by the Committee.
86.
The Chair-Rapporteur urged Committee members to assist and convince one another
to reach consensus. He argued that all views should be heard and placed on the table so that
the Committee could move forward together. He stated that nothing in the document would
be agreed until everything was agreed. He encouraged all delegations and regional groups
to engage constructively. The Committee continued consideration of the draft document
under agenda item 8 during the 11th meeting.
87.
At its 12th meeting, the Committee continued consideration of the draft in-session
document. An updated text reflecting the discussion at the 11th meeting was circulated to
the Committee.
88.
The Committee continued to work on the draft in-session document on-screen in the
room at its 13th meeting. Copies were distributed in the room and electronically to
delegations through their regional coordinators.
89.
At its 14th meeting, the Committee continued to work on the text of the draft
document. The Chair-Rapporteur invited further views, analysis, additions and proposals
and also requested that specific proposals be submitted to the Secretariat in writing.
G.
General discussion and exchange of views, 15th and 16th meetings
90.
At its 15th meeting, the Committee resumed its consideration of the draft text on
conclusions and recommendations relating to item 10. The Committee considered the
document entitled “Document to facilitate discussion and exchange of views on conclusions
and recommendations of the session” which was a text of themes and conclusions of the
Committee emanating from the expert presentations and interactive discussions.
91.
The Committee worked on the text of the document in the room on screen in followup to the initial draft text which it had started to consider at the 8th meeting. Copies of the
text were also distributed in the meeting room. The Chair-Rapporteur invited further input
and proposals to the draft document of conclusions and recommendations.
92.
At the start of the 16th meeting, the representative of Indonesia requested the floor
and made a statement. He noted that his delegation had been closely following the tenth
session of the Committee, while bearing in mind the Committee’s mandate in relation to the
Convention. The delegation considered the work of the Committee pertinent, according to
Human Rights Council resolution 34/36, and that it must be concentrated on the negotiation
of an additional or new protocol in criminalizing racist and xenophobic acts which would
cover all contemporary forms of discrimination, including any discrimination based on
religion or belief such as Islamophobia, and in identifying and analysing the gaps in the
Convention. In that regard, the recent attacks in Christchurch were still fresh in the
collective memory and his delegation considered it high time that the work of the
Committee addressed all contemporary forms of discrimination, including on the grounds
of religion and belief, as requested by OIC.
93.
The representative of Indonesia noted that it was regrettable and unacceptable that in
the work of the Committee, some experts and panellists attempted to deviate from the
mandate and divert the work of the Ad Hoc Committee from discussing comprehensive
anti-discrimination legislation to discussing self-determination, especially under agenda
item 6. That was beyond the mandate of the Committee and should therefore not be
considered or included in the final report.
94.
In the view of the Indonesian delegation, the Committee should instead deliberate
and elaborate more on innovative measures such as “special measures, including
affirmative or positive measures” as examples to fill the existing gaps in the Convention in
combating all forms of contemporary racism, including incitement to racial and religious
hatred. Indonesia was in full agreement with the mandate given to the Committee, in which
discriminatory behaviours, practices and policies which continued to vindicate hate crimes,
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