From Rhetoric to Reality a Global Call for Concrete Action Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

A/HRC/RES/30/16View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under 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, published in 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 2008–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/60/16

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/HRC/RES/60/16	From rhetoric to reality a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance :	5,088	43%Compare
2024	A/HRC/RES/57/25	From rhetoric to reality a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance :	4,748	53%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/54/27	From rhetoric to reality a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance :	3,890	46%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/51/32	From rhetoric to reality a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance :	4,998	49%Compare
2021	A/HRC/RES/48/18	From rhetoric to reality a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance :	3,402	26%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Anniversaries Anti-Discrimination Measures Declarations People of African Descent Programmes of Action Racial Discrimination Reservations and Declarations Xenophobia

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10 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the adoption of the programme of activities for the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent;²

²See General Assembly resolution 69/16.

Invites the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in his capacity as coordinator of the Decade, to submit an update on his activities in the follow-up to the implementation of the programme of activities within the framework of the Decade to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-first session;

Calls upon all States that have not yet done so, and consistent with paragraph 75 of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, to consider withdrawing their reservations on article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and articles 18, 19 and 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as these reservations are contrary to the objects and purposes of these core instruments;

Calls upon all States to end posturing and denialism about the existence of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

Underscores the importance of political will and commitment to eliminate all forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

Underlines in the above context the primacy of maintaining a racial equality index under the custodianship of the High Commissioner;

Requests the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action to commence preparations for the commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, and to present a report thereon to the Council at its thirty-first session;

Requests the General Assembly, in view of the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, to dedicate a theme on its full and effective implementation, including the universal ratification of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the withdrawal of reservations to article 4 of the Convention, the submission of declarations to article 14 of the Convention and the development of national action plans exclusively dedicated to the total eradication of all scourges of racism at the high-level segment of the seventy-first session of the General Assembly;

Invites Member States, the United Nations system and all relevant stakeholders, including non-governmental organizations, to intensify their efforts for building support for the full and effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action in the follow-up to the commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of its adoption;

Decides to remain seized of this important issue.

The delegation of Namibia subsequently stated that there had been an error in its voting and that it had intended to vote in favour of the draft text.

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