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Discussion on "Recognition through Education, Cultural Rights and Data Collection"

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Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2013
Document code
A/HRC/24/52
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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

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Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2011
Document code
A/HRC/18/45
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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

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Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2017
Document code
A/HRC/36/60
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development

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Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2016
Document code
A/HRC/33/61
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Development and people of African descent

Body
Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2015
Document code
A/HRC/30/56
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Thematic discussion on structural discrimination against people of African descent

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Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2010
Document code
A/HRC/14/18
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Activities of the Working Group

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Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2014
Document code
A/HRC/27/68
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Activities of the Working Group

Body
Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2014
Document code
A/69/318
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Activities of the Working Group

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Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2016
Document code
A/71/297
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Aug 19, 2019
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Activities of the Working Group

Body
Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2015
Document code
A/70/309
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its eleventh session

Body
Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2012
Document code
A/HRC/21/60
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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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".
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
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.
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
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. 86

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The Working Group calls upon Member States and United Nations agencies and programmes, as well as international development and financial programmes to empower and connect grass-roots and other civil society representatives who are working together to seek recognition and justice for legacies of enslavement and colonialism.
Body
Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • 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. 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.
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
  • 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. 84

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All international, regional and national organizations, including United Nations agencies, should have a specific mandate on people of African descent. It is essential to promote social participation and strategic partnerships with people of African descent, ensuring the representation of women, men and the entire population concerned when designing policies and activities.
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
  • Men
  • Women
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. 83

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States should promote a new appreciation of traditional knowledge, practices and cultural expressions through transmission mechanisms specific to each culture and with regard to the protection of the biological and cultural heritage of people of African descent.
Body
Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • 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. 82

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The Working Group welcomes the efforts being conducted by PAHO/WHO regarding health for people of African descent and recommends that such work be extended to other regions and organizations.
Body
Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • 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. 80

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Taking advantage of the International Decade for People of African Descent, States must cut the mass incarceration rate of people of African descent by half, at the very least, by 2024.
Body
Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • 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. 76

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The Working Group urges States to eradicate multiple forms of discrimination and oppression faced by women and girls of African descent in accordance with the concept of intersectionality in all areas of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Body
Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
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.
Body
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.
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
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.
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
  • 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.
Body
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. 71

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The Working Group encourages financial and development institutions to support civil society and government programmes and projects which aim to implement the Working Group’s recommendations.
Body
Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • 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. 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.
Body
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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Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its nineteenth and twentieth sessions 2017, para. 57

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The Working Group is convinced that there is a clear connection between poverty and structural racism. Discrimination can both cause poverty and be a hurdle in alleviating poverty. It is not a coincidence that in countries with a history of the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans, enslavement and colonialism, the poorest population group is composed of racial or ethnic minorities.
Body
Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Poverty
Person(s) affected
  • Ethnic minorities
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. 50

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The Working Group thanked Member States and representatives of international organizations and civil society for their active participation. Ms. Fanon Mendes-France, attending her last session as a member of the Working Group, made a statement outlining her experiences, achievements and challenges during her tenure with the Working Group.
Body
Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • 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. 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.
Body
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
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.
Body
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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