A/HRC/10/87
page 8
basis of a document entitled “Compilations of conclusions and recommendations” containing the
recommendations and conclusions adopted by consensus through the five sessions of the
Working Group.
30. The Working Group agreed not to engage in a process of renegotiation of the conclusions
and recommendations, but instead decided that some of the recommendations adopted at its
previous sessions might need to be omitted from the contribution to the Preparatory Committee.
To facilitate the work, the Secretariat italicized some of the recommendations which have
become obsolete and/or would not be relevant for the work of the Preparatory Committee.
31. The Chairperson-Rapporteur opened the discussion on the review of previous
recommendations starting with the recommendations adopted at the first session of the Working
Group (2003) through those adopted at its fifth session (2007). The Working Group decided that
any reference to the question of complementary standards would be removed from the final
document of conclusions and recommendations to be submitted to the Preparatory Committee f,
as the Human Rights Council in its decision 3/103 stipulated that the fifth session of the Working
Group should “mark the conclusion and closure of the Working Group’s debates and
deliberations on the question of complementary standards”. The same decision provided for the
establishment of an “Ad Hoc Committee of the Human Rights Council on the Elaboration of
Complementary Standards, with the mandate to elaborate, as a matter of priority and necessity,
complementary standards in the form of either a convention or additional protocol(s) to the
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, filling the
existing gaps in the Convention and also providing new normative standards aimed at combating
all forms of contemporary racism, including incitement to racial and religious hatred.”
32. The review resulted in the compilation of recommendations and conclusions from the five
previous sessions of the Working Group. The recommendations and conclusions contained in the
compilation, which is to be submitted to the Preparatory Committee, have been either updated,
deleted or italicized to indicate their non-relevance as part of the contribution, either because the
recommendation has been implemented or had become obsolete. The contribution of the
Working Group to the Preparatory Committee is contained in the document entitled
“Compilation of conclusions and recommendations adopted by the Intergovernmental Working
Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.”
V. FUTURE WORK OF THE WORKING GROUP
33. Speaking on behalf of the African Group, the representative of Egypt suggested a list of
five themes, which either had not been examined or exhausted yet by the Working Group and
were contained in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. The delegate considered
that an analysis by the Working Group of the five themes would contribute to the Durban
Review process and the fulfilment by the Working Group of its mandate. The suggested themes
are: (a) effective remedies, recourse, redress, compensatory and other measures at the national,
regional and international levels to victims of human rights violations resulting from racism;
(b) incitement to racial and/or religious hatred; (c) racial profiling; (d) restoration of human
dignity; (e) racism and refugees, migrants, asylum-seekers.
34. Speaking on behalf of the European Union, the representative of Slovenia asserted that the
discussion on the future work of the Intergovernmental Working Group should take place after
Select target paragraph3
Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents