A/53/279 Interim report on the elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief prepared by the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 52/122 Contents I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II. Initiatives of the Special Rapporteur concerning, on the one hand, the identification of legislation in the field of tolerance and non-discrimination concerning religion or belief and, on the other, the development of a culture of tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paragraphs Page 1–3 3 4–15 3 A. Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7 3 B. Culture of tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–15 3 III. In situ visits and follow-up procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16–30 5 IV. Report on communications sent by the Special Rapporteur and replies received from States since the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on Human Rights . . . . 31–83 7 Conclusions and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84–96 13 V. Annex Follow-up to the report of the Special Rapporteur on the question of religious intolerance on his visit to India from 2 to 14 December 1996 addressed to the Indian authorities and reply of the Indian authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 16