A/65/295 Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Summary The present report to the General Assembly is submitted pursuant to Assembly resolution 64/148 on global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. Following a brief introduction, the Special Rapporteur refers in section II of the report to thematic issues addressed in annual reports, conferences, seminars and other meetings since his last report to the Assembly (A/64/271). Those issues include racism and conflict; incitement to racial or religious hatred; the situation of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers; the collection of ethnically disaggregated data; and racism and sports. In section III, the Special Rapporteur refers to country visits undertaken within the framework of his mandate. Finally, the Special Rapporteur presents a number of conclusions and recommendations relating to the abovementioned thematic issues. Contents Page I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 II. Thematic issues addressed by the Special Rapporteur in annual reports, conferences, seminars and other meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A. Racism and conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 B. Incitement to racial or religious hatred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 C. Human rights challenges faced by migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 D. Collection of ethnically disaggregated data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 E. Racism and sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Country visits by the Special Rapporteur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 A. Mission to the United Arab Emirates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 B. Mission to Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 C. Forthcoming mission to the Plurinational State of Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Conclusions and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 III. IV. 2 10-48481