A/HRC/31/74 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 26 February 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-first session Agenda item 9 Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance: follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards on its seventh session*, ** Chair-Rapporteur: Abdul Samad Minty (South Africa) Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 3/103 and Council resolutions 6/21 and 10/30. The report is a summary of the proceedings of the seventh session of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards and the substantive discussions that took place during the session, including the consideration by the Committee of the questionnaire and summary of responses conducted pursuant to Council resolution 21/30. * The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent developments. ** The annexes to the present report are reproduced as received, in the language of submission only. GE.16-03063(E) *1603063*