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Discussion on "Recognition through Education, Cultural Rights and Data Collection" 2013, para. 46
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- The International Decade for People of African Descent is a timely and important endeavour. The momentum that has been gathering speed since the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban in 2001, the tenth anniversary of the Durban Declaration and the Programme of Action and the International Year in 2011 must be maintained and reinforced. The Decade will be an opportunity to ensure the effective implementation of the crucial provisions laid out in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, and thus the realization of full and effective equality for people of African descent. Therefore, the Working Group invites the General Assembly to adopt and launch the International Decade for People of African Descent in 2013, and consider in its deliberations the Draft Programme of Action for the Decade drawn up by the Working Group under the theme "People of African Descent: Recognition, Justice, Development".
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 87
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- The Working Group calls upon States and international agencies, funds and programmes to ensure continued engagement with the Working Group, including at the upcoming high-level political forum on sustainable development and other relevant forums.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 75
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- In order to advance the Sustainable Development Goals, States must provide effective, accountable and inclusive public institutions which must, inter alia, effectively protect the human rights of people of African descent. The Working Group recommends community-based monitoring of the Goals. Grass-roots organizations can become active partners for change.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 74
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- In order to eradicate poverty, particularly poverty affecting people of African descent, it is essential to deconstruct all the elements of power and knowledge which maintain and promote the ongoing structural racism of which people of African descent are victims.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 73
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- National, regional and international civil society organizations should produce and submit reports on the progress achieved in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in countries for which they have the expertise and experience and participate in intergovernmental review processes at the regional and international levels.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 72
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- The Working Group urges Member States to allocate additional investments to the health-care and education systems of people of African descent and to promote equal opportunities in employment, as well as other positive measures and strategies within the human rights framework.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 61
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- The Working Group regrets that people of African descent generally do not enjoy peace and security because of structural discrimination endemic within the criminal justice system. They do not have access to effective justice. They are subjected to racial profiling and police violence and are disproportionately incarcerated with impunity.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development 2016, para. 71
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- States are called upon to promote full and accurate inclusion of the general history of Africa and to recognize in educational curricula the important contribution of people of African descent.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development 2016, para. 57
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- The Working Group is deeply concerned by the alarming rates of police violence and the use of racial profiling by law enforcement agencies. People of African descent are disproportionately victims of such acts and are also denied justice.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Activities of the Working Group 2016, para. 31
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- Stereotyping and hate speech must be dealt with by law in a similar manner. Hate speech attacks a person on the basis of race or another attribute. Criminal sanctions must be imposed not just for hate speech but also for stereotyping. Furthermore, like hate speech, stereotyping ought to provide a basis for damages. Administrative sanctions should also be imposed for words and images that amount not only to hate speech but also to stereotyping.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Development and people of African descent 2015, para. 76
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- The Working Group encourages people of African descent and the African diaspora to pursue domestic redress for racism, racial discrimination, Afrophobia, xenophobia and related intolerance that impede development.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Development and people of African descent 2015, para. 53
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- Judicial and administrative enforcement of human rights and the justiciability of economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, is crucial in ensuring that the rights to health, housing, employment, education, participation in development and all other rights are enjoyed by people of African descent.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Activities of the Working Group 2014, para. 89e
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- [In accordance with paragraph 92 of the Durban Programme of Action, States should also:] Develop and identify quantitative and qualitative indicators for promoting and monitoring racial equality and non-discrimination, taking into account the methodology approved by the United Nations human rights treaty bodies.
- Body
- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Activities of the Working Group 2014, para. 82a
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- [States should also:] Ensure accessible and available education, in particular in areas where people of African descent live, including in rural and marginalized communities, paying attention to improving the quality of public education;
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Activities of the Working Group 2014, para. 81
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- Every person is entitled to accessible, free and high-quality primary-level education. States should take reasonable legislative and other measures to achieve the progressive realization of this right by people of African descent with respect to secondary education and for higher education on the basis of capacity.
- Body
- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Activities of the Working Group 2014, para. 80
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- States should fully protect the right of people of African descent to education, and must go beyond issues of physical or economic accessibility, to focus on the ultimate goal of equal access to quality education at all levels and equal achievement outcomes.
- Body
- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Activities of the Working Group 2014, para. 72
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- The administration of justice and the criminal justice system shall be subjected to permanent monitoring and adequate review in order to better gauge the existence and extent of racial discrimination. The judicial system shall adopt special measures to recruit and promote persons of African descent.
- Body
- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Activities of the Working Group 2014, para. 71
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- Measures should be adopted to prevent questioning, arrests and searches that are in reality based solely on the physical appearance of a person, that person's colour, features, membership of a racial or ethnic group, or any profiling that exposes him or her to greater suspicion.
- Body
- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Activities of the Working Group 2014, para. 66
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- People of African descent should be able to effectively seek protection and remedies, through the competent national tribunals and other State institutions, against any acts of racial discrimination and to seek from such tribunals just and adequate reparation or satisfaction for any damage suffered as a result of such discrimination.
- Body
- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Discussion on "Recognition through Education, Cultural Rights and Data Collection" 2013, para. 87e
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- [In accordance with paragraph 92 of the Durban Programme of Action, States should also:] Develop and identify quantitative and qualitative indicators for promoting and monitoring racial equality and non-discrimination, taking account the methodology approved by the United Nations human rights treaty bodies.
- Body
- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Discussion on "Recognition through Education, Cultural Rights and Data Collection" 2013, para. 68a
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- [States should also:] Ensure accessible and available education, particularly in areas where people of African descent live, including in rural and marginalized communities, paying attention to improving the quality of public education;
- Body
- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Discussion on "Recognition through Education, Cultural Rights and Data Collection" 2013, para. 67
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- Every person is entitled to accessible, free and high-quality primary level education. States should take reasonable legislative and other measures to achieve the progressive realization of this right by people of African descent with respect to secondary education and for higher education on the basis of capacity.
- Body
- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Discussion on "Recognition through Education, Cultural Rights and Data Collection" 2013, para. 66
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- States should fully protect the right of people of African descent to education, and must go beyond issues of physical or economic accessibility, to focus on the ultimate goal of equal access to quality education at all levels and equal achievement outcomes.
- Body
- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Discussion on "Recognition through Education, Cultural Rights and Data Collection" 2013, para. 57
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- The right to education is critical for people of African descent throughout the world, not only as a mean of extricating themselves from historical exclusion and discrimination, but also for the enjoyment, respect and recognition of their cultures, traditions and knowledge.
- Body
- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Discussion on "Recognition through Education, Cultural Rights and Data Collection" 2013, para. 54
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- Education is an inalienable human right. It is more than a mere commodity or service. It is an indispensable tool that can help humanity to move towards societies free from poverty, exclusion, discrimination, oppression, injustice and war.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Thematic discussion on the situation of people of African descent in the context of the International Year for People of African Descent 2011 2011, para. 109
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- Mindful of the factual circumstances and standard of living of many people of African descent, the Working Group emphasizes the need for positive and affirmative action in order to contribute to the achievement of equal enjoyment of their rights.
- Body
- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 79
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- The Working Group calls upon States to promote access to decent work for people of African descent in key occupations and economic sectors without any discrimination, as required by ILO Convention No. 111. Other measures include improving anti-discrimination legislation and its enforcement by focusing and addressing multiple forms of discrimination such as discrimination based on race, colour, gender and disability.
- Body
- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 78
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- States should ratify international agreements related to the fight against racism and discrimination in education. To this end, the Working Group calls for universal ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as well as the Optional Protocol thereto and the Convention against Discrimination in Education of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
- Body
- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development 2016, para. 72
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- States are urged to develop comprehensive national action plans for tackling racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, Afrophobia and related intolerance, including by reinforcing national institutions, legislation and the administration of justice, as well as by creating competent national bodies to tackle racial discrimination against people of African descent in all its manifestations.
- Body
- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Development and people of African descent 2015, para. 48
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- Considering the conditions of extreme poverty in which the majority of people of African descent live in both developing and developed countries, development activities and programmes must address all people of African descent, regardless of the country in which they live. Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance pose major obstacles for people of African descent in the eradication of poverty.
- Body
- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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