A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/2/3 20 September 2006 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Second session Agenda item 2* IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 60/251 OF 15 MARCH 2006 ENTITLED “HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL” Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Asma Jahangir, and the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Doudou Diène, further to Human Rights Council decision 1/107 on incitement to racial and religious hatred and the promotion of tolerance Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 1/107 entitled “Incitement to racial and religious hatred and the promotion of tolerance”, in which the Human Rights Council requested the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief and the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to report on defamation of religions and the implications of the phenomenon for article 20, paragraph 2, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. * A/HRC/2/1. GE.06-13990 (E) 200906