A/HRC/RES/47/21
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
26 July 2021
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-seventh session
21 June–14 July 2021
Agenda item 9
Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
forms of intolerance, follow-up to and implementation of
the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 13 July 2021
47/21.
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 through transformative change for racial justice and equality
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and promoting and encouraging respect for human
rights and fundamental freedoms for all,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states that all human
beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, and that everyone is entitled to all the
rights and freedoms set forth in the Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race,
colour or national origin,
Recalling also the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment, and bearing in mind the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,
Recalling further its previous resolutions on the comprehensive follow-up to the
World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related
Intolerance and the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of
Action, and the International Decade for People of African Descent as proclaimed by the
General Assembly in its resolution 68/237 of 23 December 2013,
Stressing that 2021 marks the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action,
Noting with appreciation the adoption on 9 December 2020 by the Working Group of
Experts on People of African Descent of operational guidelines on the inclusion of people of
African descent in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 43/1 of 19 June 2020 and taking note with
appreciation of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
submitted pursuant to that resolution, on the promotion and protection of the human rights
and fundamental freedoms of Africans and of people of African descent against excessive
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