Durban Watch

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.

Human Rights Council Resolution 6/21 describes the mandate of the Ad Hoc Committee: "...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".

Next session of the Ad Hoc Committee is scheduled for October 25 - November 5, 2010 (Ed. Note: this session was deferred to April 2011).

Documents

• U.S. Proposes Action Plan to Combat Racial and Religious Discrimination and Intolerance (Press Release), November 11, 2009
  
• U.S. Government Action Plan to Combat Racial and Religious Discrimination and Intolerance, November 2009
  
• "Outcome" to be presented by the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Ad Hoc Committee on complementary standards according to the Roadmap - Outline for Consultations, July 2009
  
• Compilation of Submissions to the Ad Hoc Committee on complementary standards, July 2009
  
• Non-paper on Complementary International Standards submitted by the Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards, December 5, 2008
  
  

Documents from the Second session of the Ad Hoc Committee (October 19-30, 2009)

• Agenda
  
• Note by the Secretariat (2008)
  
• Draft Programme of Work
  
• Contribution by the United States to the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards, May 29, 2009
  
• Outcome of Chairperson-Rapporteur , August 26, 2009
  
  

Documents from the Human Rights Council

• Resolution "Elaboration of complementary standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination", March 25, 2010
  

Additional Session of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards for April 12-21, 2011 can be found here.
Additional Sessions of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards for April 10-20, 2012 and July 22-August 2, 2013 can be found here.