A/HRC/RES/56/13 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 16 July 2024 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-sixth session 18 June–12 July 2024 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 11 July 2024 56/13. Mandate of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement The Human Rights Council, Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the promotion and encouragement of 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, Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 43/1 of 19 June 2020 on the 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, Recalling also Human Rights Council resolution 47/21 of 13 July 2021 on the 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 and equality, in which the Council decided to establish an international independent expert mechanism in order to further transformative change for racial justice and equality in the context of law enforcement globally, especially where relating to the legacies of colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade in enslaved Africans, to investigate Governments’ responses to peaceful anti-racism GE.24-13039 (E)