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National human rights institutions
100. In its resolution 39/17, the Human Rights Council requested the Secretary-General
to submit to the Council, at its forty-fifth session, a report on the implementation of that
resolution that included examples of best practices among national human rights
institutions, and a report on the activities of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights
Institutions in accrediting national institutions in compliance with the Paris Principles. The
Council will consider the reports of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/45/42 and
A/HRC/45/43) (see para. 38 above).
9.
Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up
to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
101. In its resolution 36/23, the Human Rights Council requested the Working Group of
Experts on People of African Descent to submit an annual report to the Council on all
activities relating to its mandate. The Council will consider the reports of the Working
Group (A/HRC/45/44 and Add.1–2).
Elaboration of complementary standards to strengthen and update international
instruments against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in
all their aspects
102. Pursuant to its decision 3/103 and its resolutions 10/30, 34/36, 36/24 and 42/29, the
Human Rights Council will have before it a note by the Secretariat on the report of the Ad
Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards to the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination on its eleventh
session (A/HRC/45/46).
From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
103. In its resolution 42/29, the Human Rights Council requested the High
Commissioner, in her capacity as coordinator of the International Decade for People of
African Descent, to submit a midterm report on her activities in follow-up to the
implementation of the programme of activities within the framework of the Decade to the
Council at its forty-fifth session. The Council will consider the report of the High
Commissioner (A/HRC/45/47) (see para. 39 above).
104. In its resolution 42/29, the Human Rights Council also requested the
Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action to commence preparations for the commemoration,
in 2021, of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and
Programme of Action, and to submit a comprehensive report on its implementation to the
Council at its forty-fifth session. The Council will consider the report of the
Intergovernmental Working Group on the preparations for the commemoration, which were
discussed during the seventeenth session of the Intergovernmental Working Group, held
from 16 to 20 December 2019 (A/HRC/45/48).
10.
Technical assistance and capacity-building
Cooperation with and assistance to Ukraine in the field of human rights
105. In its resolution 41/25, the Human Rights Council invited the High Commissioner to
continue to present orally to the States Members of the Council and observers the findings
of each of the reports of OHCHR on the situation of human rights in Ukraine as part of the
interactive dialogues, until the forty-seventh session of the Council. The Council will hear
the oral presentation by the High Commissioner (see para. 40 above).
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