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Durban III

Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards

The Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards was established by the Human Rights Council in its Decision 3/103 on December 8th, 2006. The Council decided: "To heed the decision and instruction of the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance [the "Durban" Conference] by establishing 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."

The decision was adopted by a vote of 33 in favor (Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Uruguay, Zambia) to 12 against (Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Switzerland, United Kingdom), with 1 abstention (Ukraine).

Documents Documents from the Third session of the Ad Hoc Committee (April 11-21, 2011)
Additional Sessions of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards can be found here.