A/77/512 criticisms of the State of Israel, a State that must, like any other in the United Nations system, be accountable for human rights violations that it perpetrates. Those primarily harmed as a result are Palestinians, as well as human rights defenders advocatin g on their behalf. This harm is occurring in a period of heightened repression of Palestinians, including escalating, daily gross violations of their human rights. 7 77. States Members of the United Nations and United Nations officials should firmly reject and act responsibly to end the political instrumentalization of the fight against antisemitism. Apart from preventing further harm to Palestinians and human rights defenders, they should do so in the interest of fighting antisemitism in an effective and inclusive way and to protect Jewish persons and groups harmed by such instrumentalization. 8 78. In view of the controversial status and divisive effect of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition and its negative impact on human rights, the Special Rapporteur respectfully calls upon States Members of the United Nations to suspend the adoption and promotion of the working definition and the examples attached to it. In this context, she reminds States that the urgency of combating antisemitism has been a cause that she has consistently championed during her tenure in both thematic and country reports. 9 79. Precisely because the scourge of antisemitism remains an urgent issue of human rights concern, the Special Rapporteur urges the United Nations system and Member States urgently to launch an open and inclusive process to identify an enhanced response to antisemitism by the United Nations, consistently rooted in and supportive of human rights. The process should consider multiple instruments relevant to fighting antisemitism and involve, among others, the communities affected, experts and relevant stakeholders that have been excluded to date, as well as United Nations special procedures mandate holders. She stresses that the elimination of the scourge of antisemitism must be, as part of the fight against all forms of bigotry and discrimination, grounded in international law, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. 10 IV. Applicable legal framework 80. The Special Rapporteur recalls that international human rights law is based on the premise that all persons, by virtue of their humanity, should enjoy all human rights without discrimination on any grounds. Racial discrimination is defined in article 1 (1) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The Special Rapporteur reiterates that the prohibition on racial __________________ 7 8 9 10 16/20 See, inter alia, A/HRC/49/83, A/HRC/49/85 and A/HRC/49/87; and various communications of special procedures mandate holders, including UA ISR 9/2022, OL ISR 6/2022, AL ISR 3/2022 and AL ISR 2/2022, available at https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/Tmsearch/TMDocuments. Jewish Voice for Peace, “40+ Jewish groups worldwide oppose equating antisemitism with criticism of Israel”, 17 July 2018; Jüdische Stimme, “The Jewish voice does not need a kosher certificate”, 13 January 2019; Mairav Zonszein, “Berlin art college withdraws funding to Israelis seeking to unlearn Zionism”, 21 October 2020; and Jewish Voice for Labour, “How Labour’s claim of countering antisemitism has resulted in a purge of Jews: submission by Jewish Voice for Labour to the Equalities and Human Rights Commission and to the Forde Enquiry”, 5 August 2021, available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nfnmySTnxuwTBVf4kIC0GtJ9ykuIcwhd/view. A/HRC/41/54/Add.2, paras. 68–69; A/HRC/41/54/Add.1, para. 62; A/HRC/44/57/Add.2, para. 47; A/HRC/38/52, para. 17; A/HRC/44/57, para. 25; A/76/434, para. 88 (g); A/HRC/50/61; A/76/369; A/HRC/48/77; A/75/329; A/HRC/44/58; A/74/253; A/HRC/41/55; A/73/312; and A/HRC/38/53. See the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, including paras. 10 and 57 –62 of the Declaration; and para. 150 of the Programme of Action. 22-22915