“Defamation of Religions” — Related UN Documents

Documents provided here are in English only. 

I.  Resolutions on “Combating Defamation of Religions”

Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/23
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/84   
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2001/4
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2002/9
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2003/4
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/6
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/3
General Assembly resolution 60/150
Human Rights Council decision 1/107*
General Assembly resolution 61/164
Human Rights Council resolution 4/9
General Assembly resolution 62/154
Human Rights Council resolution 7/19
General Assembly resolution 63/171
Human Rights Council resolution 10/22
General Assembly resolution 64/156
General Assembly resolution 65/224
Human Rights Council resolution 16/18**
Human Rights Council resolution 19/…**
General Assembly resolution 66/167**
Human Rights Council resolution 22/…**
General Assembly resolution 67/178**
General Assembly resolution 68/169**
Human Rights Council resolution 23/34**
– E/CN.4/1999/167
– E/CN.4/RES/2000/84
– E/CN.4/RES/2001/4
– E/CN.4/RES/2002/9
– E/CN.4/RES/2003/4
– E/CN.4/RES/2004/6
– E/CN.4/RES/2005/3
– A/RES/60/150
– A/HRC/DEC/1/107
– A/RES/61/164
– A/HRC/RES/4/9
– A/RES/62/154
– A/HRC/RES/7/19
– A/RES/63/171
– A/HRC/RES/10/22
– A/RES/64/156
– A/RES/65/224
– A/HRC/RES/16/18
– A/HRC/RES/19/L.7
– A/RES/66/167
– A/HRC/22/L/40
– A/RES/67/178
– A/RES/68/169
– A/HRC/RES/25/34
(22 Mar-30 Apr 1999)
(26 April 2000)
(18 April 2001)
(15 April 2002)
(14 April 2003)
(13 April 2004)
(12 April 2005)
(20 January 2006)
(30 June 2006)
(21 February 2007)
(30 March 2007)
(6 March 2008)
(27 March 2008)
(24 March 2009)
(26 March 2009)
(8 March 2010)
(11 April 2011)
(12 April 2011)
(16 March 2012)
(27 March 2012)
(18 March 2013)
(28 March 2013)
(16 January 2014)
(15 April 2014)
*A/HRC/DEC/1/107 is entitled “Incitement to racial and religious hatred and the promotion of tolerance”
**Entitled “Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping and stigmatization of, and discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against, persons based on religion or belief”

II.  Pertinent UN reports (with date of publication)

1.  High Commissioner for Human Rights

– E/CN.4/2003/17 (27 January 2003)
– E/CN.4/2004/16 (19 February 2004)
– E/CN.4/2005/15 (9 February 2005)
– E/CN.4/2006/12 (6 February 2006)
– A/HRC/2/6 (20 September 2006)
– A/HRC/4/50 (1 March 2007)
– A/HRC/6/4 (4 September 2007)
– A/HRC/9/7 (12 September 2008)
– A/HRC/9/25 (5 September 2008)
– A/HRC/10/31/Add.3 (16 January 2009; expert seminar on incitement to religious hatred)
– A/HRC/12/39 (8 July 2009)
– A/HRC/13/26 (18 December 2009)
– A/HRC/13/57 (11 January 2010)
– A/HRC/13/58 (21 January 2010; ad hoc Committee on complementary standards)
– A/HRC/13/CRP.1 (17 February 2010; ad hoc Committee on complementary standards)

2. Secretary-General

– A/61/325 (12 September 2006)
– A/62/288 (29 August 2007)
– A/63/365 (21 October 2008)
– A/64/209 (31 July 2009)

3. Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

– E/CN.4/2003/23 (3 January 2003)
– E/CN.4/2005/18/Add.4 (13 December 2004)
– E/CN.4/2005/19 (23 December 2004)
– E/CN.4/2006/17 (13 February 2006)
– A/HRC/2/3 (20 September 2006)
– A/HRC/4/19, paras. 32-41 (12 January 2007)
– A/HRC/6/6 (21 August 2007)
– A/62/306, paras. 41-42 (24 August 2007)
– A/HRC/7/19, paras. 54-61 (20 February 2008)
– A/HRC/9/12 (2 September 2008)
– A/HRC/12/38 (1 July 2009)
– A/HRC/14/43 (12 July 2010)

4. Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

– A/54/386, paras. 101-119 (23 September 1999)
– E/CN.4/2000/65, paras. 109-111 (15 February 2000)
– A/55/280, paras. 85-97 (8 September 2000)
– A/56/253, paras. 135-139 (31 July 2001)
– A/HRC/2/3 (20 September 2006)
– A/HRC/6/5, paras. 38-39 (20 July 2007)
– A/62/280, paras. 70-77 (20 August 2007)
– A/HRC/13/40 (21 December 2009)
– A/HRC/16/53 (15 December 2010)

5. Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right of freedom of opinion and expression

– A/HRC/4/27, paras. 22-37 and 72-78 (2 January 2007)
– A/HRC/7/14, paras. 63-66 and 84-85 (28 February 2008)
– A/HRC/11/4, para. 24 (30 April 2009)
– A/HRC/14/23, paras. 6, 27, 64, 79-87, 116 (20 April 2010)

6. General Assembly: Third Committee

Report of the Third Committee – A/64/439/Add.2 (Part II) (7 December 2009)
Report of the Third Committee – A/65/456/Add.2 (Part II) (8 December 2010)

7. ICCPR, Article 19: Freedoms of opinion and expression

Human Rights Committee 102nd session – General comment No. 34 (CCPR/C/GC/34)*  (12 September 2011)
* This general comment replaces general comment No. 10 (19th session)