Summary

The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 71/179 on combating glorification of Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in which the Assembly requested the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to prepare a report on the implementation of the resolution, on the basis of views collected from Governments and non-governmental organizations, for submission to the Assembly at its seventy-second session. The Special Rapporteur has provided a summary of the contributions received from 10 States on the implementation of resolution 71/179, as well as of the contributions from non-governmental and other organizations containing their views on the subject. The Special Rapporteur then sets out his conclusions and recommendations.