United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/14/43/Add.2 Distr.: General 22 February 2010 Original: English Human Rights Council Fourteenth session Agenda item 9 Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Githu Muigai Addendum Mission to Germany* Summary At the invitation of the Government, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance visited Germany (Berlin, Cologne, Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Nuremberg, Leipzig, Crostwitz, Rostock and Hamburg) from 22 June to 1 July 2009. The Special Rapporteur held extensive meetings with authorities from the executive, legislative and judicial branches, including at the Länder and municipal levels. The Special Rapporteur also had extensive meetings with representatives of civil society organizations that are active in the realm of racism and xenophobia, associations representing minority groups, religious communities, and individual victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. The Special Rapporteur formulates several recommendations, including the following: • The Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency should be provided with the human and financial resources necessary for it to be present in all 16 Länder. In addition, its mandate should be made more robust, allowing it to investigate complaints brought to its attention and to bring proceedings before the courts. Finally, the Agency * The summary of this document is being circulated in all official languages. The report, which is annexed to the summary, is being circulated in the language of submission only. GE.10-11624 (E) 150310