E UNITED NATIONS Economic and Social Council Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/2002/73 14 March 2002 ENGLISH Original: FRENCH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth session Item 11 (e) of the provisional agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE Report submitted by Mr. Abdelfattah Amor, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, in accordance with Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/33 Executive summary* In pursuance of resolution 2001/42 of 23 April 2002, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief hereby submits to the Commission a set of three reports comprising the present document and its two addenda. These are supplemented by the interim report submitted to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session (A/56/253, 31 July 2001). In chapter I of the present report, the Special Rapporteur deals with activities relating to the prevention of intolerance and discrimination, in particular the Madrid Conference and the dialogue between religions. He reports on the preparations for, the holding of and the outcome of the International Consultative Conference on School Education in relation to Freedom of Religion and Belief, Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, which was held in Madrid from 23 to 25 November 2001 on * The executive summary of this report is being circulated in all official languages. The report itself, which is annexed, is an English/French original that has not been translated; however, the appendix to the report is available in English, French and Spanish. GE.02-11333 (E) 200302 030402