Background

The UN General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/77/205 entitled “A global call for concrete action for the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action”, which in operative paragraph 47 requests the UN Secretary-General to submit to the UN General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session a report on the implementation of the resolution.

Objectives

This call for inputs seeks to inform the preparation of the 2023 Secretary-General’s report on the implementation of the UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/77/205 that will be presented to the seventy-eighth session of the UN General Assembly.

Key questions and types of inputs/comments sought

In order to assist the preparation of the report OHCHR would welcome information from States, United Nations entities, inter-governmental and regional organizations, national human rights institutions, civil society and non-governmental organizations and all other relevant stakeholders, concerning the implementation of the resolution A/RES/77/205, including inter alia in relation to the following issues, as detailed in the resolution:

• Extent and impact of systemic racism and effective legal, policy and institutional measures that address racism beyond a summation of individualized acts (paragraph 20).
• Hate speech, incitement to racial discrimination, hostility and violence; (preambular paragraph 6).
• Reparatory justice initiatives regarding slavery, the slave trade, the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism, apartheid, genocide and past tragedies contributing to the development and recognition of the dignity of the affected States and their people (paragraph 16).
• Participatory and inclusive design and implementation processes that contribute to halting, reversing and repairing the lasting consequences and ongoing manifestations of systemic racism; and the role of people and communities of African descent and young people in these processes (paragraph 19).
• Promotion and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and of People of African descent against excessive use of force and other human rights violations by law enforcement officers (paragraph 24).
• Racial discrimination and inequality experienced by children and youth of African descent in all areas of life, including the administration of justice, law enforcement, education, health, family life and development (paragraph 20).
• Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance targeting migrants and refugees (preambular paragraphs 9 and 10).

OHCHR would welcome information concerning laws, regulations, policies and practices adopted in the course of 2022-2023 to eliminate racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance including national action plans against racism, data collection, education and awareness-raising; measures to provide effective remedies, recourse, and redress, and all other relevant measures.

Information regarding promising practices, initiatives, challenges and lessons learned, notably in relation to the areas specified above are invited, as well as information regarding the perspectives of women, youth, children and relevant gender dimensions and intersectional analyses.

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