A/HRC/27/68 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 14 July 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-seventh 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 Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its fourteenth session* (Geneva, 31 March–4 April 2014) Chair-Rapporteur: Mireille Fanon Mendes-France Summary The main focus of the discussions during the fourteenth session of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent was the theme of “People of African descent: access to justice”. The Working Group acknowledged the importance of the theme and noted that, despite guarantees in international and national law, racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance affect people of African descent in a unique fashion, to the point that many of them are still unable to obtain remedies for wrongful acts through their domestic institutions. The Working Group urged States to develop a national atlas mapping injustices, on the basis of comprehensive disaggregated data. It also urged States to adopt national action plans against racial discrimination, which should include special measures and be based on disaggregated data, as appropriate, to address structural discrimination against people of African descent, taking into account general recommendation No. 32 (2009) of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the meaning and scope of special measures in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms Racial Discrimination. It also reiterated its recommendation that practical activities should be developed at the national, regional and international levels during the International Decade for People of African Descent. * Annex II is reproduced as received, in the languages of submission only. GE.14-08309 (E) *1408309*

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