A/HRC/54/67 Descent, the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement, the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, the Ad Hoc Committee of the Human Rights Council on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Group of Independent Eminent Experts on the Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to explore ways to strengthen collaboration between the anti-racial discrimination mechanisms on issues of mutual concern. In that regard, the Working Group made a submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at its 107th session on 23 August 2022 for consideration during the thematic discussion in preparation for its general recommendation No. 37 on racial discrimination and the right to health under article 5 (e) (iv) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. 17. Among other activities undertaken by the members of the Working Group, Ms. Namakula participated in the Brazil Latinidades, the international day of Afro-Latin, AfroCaribbean and diaspora women (July 2022); in the Eleventh Assembly of the World Council of Churches (September 2022); in an Africa Day webinar on exploring the nexus between racism, xenophobia and the African Continental Free Trade Area, and the free movement protocol by the World Council of Churches (May 2023); and in a webinar on reclaiming the codification of the international crime of the slave trade by Emergent Justice Collective (May 2023). Ms. Reynolds participated in an episode of the podcast series by the United Nations Children’s Fund on hate speech and its impact on child rights; in a video message for the OHCHR offices for Latin America and the Caribbean for the International Day of People of African Descent; and in a panel on digital equity, a side event organized by the Daniel Initiative during the second session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (June 2023). She delivered a paper entitled “Connecting the past and the future – children of African descent” at the first session of the Permanent Forum (December 2022); and a paper on transnational migration at the second session of the Permanent Forum (June 2023). Ms. Reynolds also participated in the tenth annual Forum on Business and Human Rights (December 2021) and in a meeting of the Group of Independent Eminent Experts on the Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme (August 2022). She also took part in consultations with civil society organizations in Cartagena, Colombia (September 2022). Ms. Day participated in the first and second sessions of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent; in a symposium on the global anti-racism architecture of a United Nations event on the theme of “Can the United Nations end racism?” organized by Gay McDougall, a member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, at Fordham Law School, New York, at which other panellists included the Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Chair of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement, two members of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent and the Special Rapporteur on racism. The Chairs of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent and of the Ad Hoc Committee on Complementary Standards also attended. Ms. Day also participated in an event organized by the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on the theme “Justice for all: global action to combat discrimination and inequality in criminal justice systems” (May 2023); in climate justice and reparations convenings by Taproot Earth/Taproot Noire in Cabo Verde (April 2023); in “The Lid Is On podcast discussion, “Acknowledging the ‘moral wound’ of slavery” (August 2022) and the Freedom, Dignity and Justice podcast discussion, “Overcoming the enemies of equality”; in seminars on race, business and human rights for the University of Bergen Institute (November 2022); in an event on the theme of “Healing historical trauma: the vital role of family integrity in restoring health and wellness for people of African descent” convened by Children’s Rights, JMACforFamilies and the American Civil Liberties Union. In United Nations Week she gave the keynote speech at events at Occidental College in Los Angeles (February 2023). She participated in an event on the theme of human rights, environmental racism and climate justice convened by the University of California, Los Angeles, Promise Institute (March 2023); in a seminar on the theme of “Racial discrimination: the international human rights agenda” at the American University Washington College of Law Academy on Human Rights GE.23-12890 5