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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 63
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- The Working Group welcomes the work of the Pan American Health Organization in the field of health of people of African descent. The work is based on an intercultural approach to health and equal treatment for the different groups from the standpoint of mutual respect, recognizing the value of culture and the elements that comprise it, including, among other things, lifestyles, value systems and traditions. PAHO/WHO is working on the development of specific plans on the health of people of African descent in the Latin American and Caribbean region.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
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- N.A.
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- 2017
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 53
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- The Working Group has a mandate to monitor the human rights situation of people of African descent, elaborate proposals for the elimination of racial discrimination against people of African descent and contribute to development programmes for people of African descent. The Working Group is therefore well suited to advocate for prioritization of programmes specifically tailored to combat structural racism and racial discrimination against people of African descent in implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Decade.
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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
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 68
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- The Working Group will consider contributing to a baseline study on data on people of African descent, including the collection of disaggregated data in accordance with human rights principles governing participation, disaggregation, self-identification, transparency, privacy and accountability. The study will be followed by an expert meeting on the importance of collecting data on people of African descent in order to close the gaps and address the inequalities and discrimination that they face.
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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
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 54
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- Implementation and monitoring efforts must assess progress in achieving results for people of African descent specifically. This requires, inter alia, consultation and participation of people of African descent at all stages of the process; the collection and analysis of disaggregated data that reveal the situation of the most disadvantaged groups and those groups affected by discrimination; and the development and implementation of specific programmes to address the human rights violations and disparities faced 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)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2017
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 60
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- The stark reality is that people of African descent continue to suffer from many multiple, aggravated and intersecting forms of discrimination. As a result, educational outcomes for people of African descent are a function of their unequal access to key educational resources, including skilled teachers and quality curriculums. There is copious evidence that in some States, students of African descent routinely receive dramatically different learning opportunities based on their social status. This poses a fundamental challenge to Goal 4, which aims at ensuring an inclusive and equitable quality education for all. Intimately connected to the right to education is the right to work. With poor educational outcomes at all levels in addition to racial discrimination, people of African descent are unable to secure decent work.
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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
- N.A.
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- 2017
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 88
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- The International Decade for People of African Descent and the Sustainable Development Goals must meet the aspirations of people of African descent. The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action must be reaffirmed and States must guarantee their implementation. The Working Group urges Member States to reach consensus so that the forum for people of African descent can be held as soon as possible before the end of 2017. In order for the forum to reflect the concerns of States and civil society, it is desirable to open a consultation with civil society organizations to work on the format of the forum. The forum should, inter alia, discuss sources of racism and Afrophobia and the question of reparatory justice, as well as the overall theme of the Decade: recognition, justice and development. The work in the forum should lead primarily to the development of a United Nations declaration on people of African descent and other tangible results.
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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
- N.A.
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- 2017
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 64
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- The role of civil society in the work of the Working Group remains critical. The Working Group noted that civil society reported common manifestations of structural racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, Afrophobia and related intolerance faced by people of African descent. The Working Group seeks to strengthen its engagement with civil society to further enhance its work by exploring innovative ways, including the use of modern technology, to allow wide participation 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)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2017
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 67
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- The Working Group will continue to assist and facilitate the exchange of information and to connect financial and development institutions with people of African descent and civil society for this purpose. It will share its country visit reports with development and financial institutions and request them to increase their efforts and continue to assist Member States and people of African descent in the implementation of its recommendations.
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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
- N.A.
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- 2017
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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
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 49
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- The Working Group concluded its twentieth session on the theme “Leaving no one behind: people of African descent and the Sustainable Development Goals” and adopted the following conclusions and recommendations.
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- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
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- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2017
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 66
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- The Working Group will consider the development of operational guidelines for use by stakeholders (Governments, the United Nations and civil society) on how to prioritize people of African descent as a particularly discriminated-against group at all stages of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The Working Group will advocate for: (a) special attention to the human rights situation of people of African descent, based on an analysis of disparities and specific programmes of action to address gaps and improve their human rights situation; and (b) the designing of special projects, in collaboration with people of African descent and civil society, to support their initiatives.
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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
- N.A.
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- 2017
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 69
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- The Working Group will conduct consultations with development and financial institutions in countries of interest to its mandate on prevention of racial discrimination against people of African descent. The consultations will be organized in cooperation with Governments, United Nations country teams, national human rights institutions, equality bodies and other civil society organizations and other relevant national stakeholders. The purpose would be to field test the operational guidelines on how to integrate the human rights concerns of people of African descent into the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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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
- N.A.
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- 2017
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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
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 85
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- The Working Group encourages civil society to engage constructively with States in the implementation of the Working Group’s recommendations. The Working Group urges civil society organizations to make use of its complaint procedure to bring to its attention any concerns relating to Africans and people of African descent.
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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
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
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Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development 2016, para. 55
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- The Working Group welcomes some States' and civil society's positive response to its plans aimed at looking into the programmes and policies of financial and development institutions from the perspective of people of African descent. The Working Group will take into consideration the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In this regard, the Working Group will focus on the areas referred to in its mandate - investments in health systems, education, housing, electricity, drinking water and environmental control measures and promoting equal opportunities in employment - as well as other affirmative or 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)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Activities of the Working Group 2016, para. 40
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- The Working Group is deeply concerned by the escalation of racism, racial discrimination, Afrophobia, racist hate speech, xenophobia and related intolerance targeting Africans and people of African descent in many parts of the world. The Working Group condemns police violence and other forms of violence against people of African descent. In this regard, independent accountability mechanisms, whose officials should include people of African descent, are essential.
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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
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Activities of the Working Group 2016, para. 47
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- The Working Group reminds Member States of the commitments that they made in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and encourages them to develop comprehensive national action plans to tackle racism, such as reinforcing national institutions, legislation, the administration of justice and creating competent national bodies to adequately investigate allegations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
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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
- 2016
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Activities of the Working Group 2016, para. 29
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- Racial stereotyping of people of African descent is taking place around the world and must be addressed as an unacceptable phenomenon. Stereotypes are the result of limited knowledge, misinterpretations, shortcomings of education and the negative portrayal of people of African descent in the media and works of art. For example, people of African descent are rarely present in films, and when they are present have secondary or supporting roles only.
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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
- N.A.
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- 2016
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Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development 2016, para. 52
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- Colonial history, the legacies of enslavement, racial subordination and segregation, and policies on race remain a serious challenge in many countries. They strengthened a view of the world that did not consider the perspectives of Africans and people of African descent. Stereotyping is a disturbing phenomenon worldwide. An Afro-centric perspective would pave the way to a more informed world view.
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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
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development 2016, para. 60
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- The Working Group recognizes that some States have launched the International Decade and have taken steps to add chapters on African history and the transatlantic trade in Africans to primary-level textbooks. While the Working Group welcomes examples of good practices, there is a pressing need to intensify efforts in order to ensure that all States and regions are involved in the full implementation of the programme of activities of the International Decade for People of African Descent, including the provisions of General Assembly resolution 69/16 calling for the establishment of a forum and the drafting of a United Nations declaration on the promotion and full respect of the human rights 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)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development 2016, para. 67
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- The Working Group calls upon States to fund and support, at the national level, programmes for the International Decade. At the international level, the Working Group calls upon States to contribute without further delay to the Trust Fund for the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. The Working Group calls upon States to fund civil-society activities in the context of the International Decade and the participation of civil society in Working Group sessions.
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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
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Activities of the Working Group 2016, para. 42
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- The Working Group is ready to continue actively participating in the International Decade for People of African Descent and to assist stakeholders and strengthen partnerships between Governments, civil society, Africans and people of African descent in order to fully implement the programme of activities. The Working Group calls on States and civil society to hold joint launchings of the International Decade in their own countries and to adopt positive measures to accelerate the process of its implementation. As part of this process, States are urged to also address the negative racial stereotypes and the blackface phenomenon that people of African descent face. Criminal sanctions must be imposed not just for hate speech, but also for stereotyping. Furthermore, as with hate speech, stereotyping ought to provide a basis for damages. Administrative sanctions should also be imposed for words and images that amount not just 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
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development 2016, para. 50
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- The Working Group concludes that the promotion and protection of the human rights of people of African descent should be a matter of prioritized concern for States. The interlinkages, interrelationship and interdependence between the three pillars of the International Decade for People of African Descent (recognition, justice and development) are inextricable, and the programme of activities of the International Decade should be seen as a whole and no parts of it neglected or minimized.
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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
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development 2016, para. 70
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- The Working Group encourage States, civil society and other relevant actors to actively oppose negative stereotyping of people of African descent on the basis of ethnicity, religion and origin, with a specific focus on hate speech and incitement to hatred through media and political statements. The Working Group suggests the adoption of measures to prohibit and sanction the use of negative stereotyping. Furthermore, positive steps should be taken to create a space for the African perspective, one that will enable a more informed view.
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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
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development 2016, para. 56
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- The Working Group stresses that there is a clear connection between poverty and racism. In countries that have a history of transatlantic trade in Africans, the demographic structure is such that the poorest population group is disproportionately composed of people of African descent. Faced with structural discrimination and invisibility, people of African descent encounter an uphill battle in claiming their rights, thus perpetuating multigenerational poverty.
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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
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development 2016, para. 48
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- The Working Group concluded its eighteenth session on the theme of "Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development" and made the following conclusions and recommendations.
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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
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development 2016, para. 61
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- The Working Group affirms the important contribution of civil society to its work, in the Durban process and in the promotion and implementation of the International Decade. The Working Group expresses its appreciation for civil-society initiatives that have been productive and have enriched the dialogue on the rights 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)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development 2016, para. 66
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- The Working Group recommends that States collect and analyse disaggregated data on people of African descent, on the basis of the principle of self-identification, particularly in places where such disaggregated data are unavailable.
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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
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development 2016, para. 62
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- The Working Group reiterates its recommendations made to States, civil society and United Nations agencies, funds and programmes in its previous sessions related to the three pillars of the International Decade. The Working Group also calls for the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.
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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
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development 2016, para. 63
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- The Working Group recommends that States and civil society review national constitutions and laws and their compatibility with international human rights law, specifically in relation to combating racial discrimination and Afrophobia against people of African descent.
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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
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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