A/HRC/RES/27/25
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
2 October 2014
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-seventh session
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
27/25
Mandate of the Working Group of Experts on People of African
Descent
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 56/266 of 27 March 2002, in which the
Assembly endorsed the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action,
Recalling also all previous resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly, the
Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council on the elimination of racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in particular Commission
resolutions 2002/68 of 25 April 2002 and 2003/30 of 23 April 2003, and Council
resolutions 9/14 of 18 September 2008 and 18/28 of 17 October 2011 on the mandate of the
Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent,
Bearing in mind paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 16 March
2006,
Reaffirming the obligations of States under relevant international human rights
instruments, in particular the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Racial Discrimination adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 2106 (XX) of 21
December 1965,
Underlining that the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted at the
World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related
Intolerance remains the only instructive outcome of the World Conference against Racism,
Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, which prescribes
comprehensive measures and remedies for the effective combating of all scourges of racism
at all levels,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the
Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate Holders of the
Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his/her
duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
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