A/HRC/13/57 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 11 January 2010 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirteenth session Agenda item 9 Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the implementation of Human Rights Council resolution 10/22 entitled “Combating defamation of religions” Summary By resolution 10/22, the Human Rights Council requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights to report to the Council on the implementation of the same resolution, including on the possible correlation between defamation of religions and the upsurge in incitement, intolerance and hatred in many parts of the world. The present report is submitted pursuant to this request of the Council. Information is provided about measures taken to address acts of violence, discriminatory practices, profiling, stigmatization, derogatory stereotyping based on religion or belief, the desecration of places of worship or spirituality, the targeting of religious symbols, incitement to religious hatred and instances of religious intolerance, including Islamophobia and anti-Semitism. The report contains information from Member States and regional organizations. In addition, the report updates the Secretary-General’s report of 31 July 2009 to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session on combating defamation of religions1 by giving information on the latest developments at the level of human rights treaty bodies, special procedures and the United Nations. 1 A/64/209. GE.10-10223 (E) 030210