A/HRC/54/67 C. Organization of work 7. The Working Group adopted the agenda and programme of work for its thirty-second session. III. Activities of the Working Group (July 2022–July 2023) 8. The Chair informed participants that the Working Group had submitted its annual report, on children of African descent, 1 and reports on its official visits to Portugal 2 and Switzerland3 to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-first session. It had also engaged in a constructive interactive dialogue with Member States during that session of the Council. The Working Group had presented its annual report to the General Assembly at its seventyseventh session and participated in an interactive dialogue with the Third Committee of the Assembly on 31 October 2022. 9. At its thirty-first session, the Working Group held closed meetings, during which it considered internal matters, including future work, country visits and communications, and held consultations with various stakeholders, including representatives of Governments, civil society and OHCHR. The Working Group held two hybrid meetings: one with civil society and the other a high-level meeting with Permanent Representatives of the African Union and the African Group. The Working Group took several decisions during the session, including regarding cases brought before it and the agenda for its thirty-second session. It also developed a framework for the preparation of its 20-year review report, requested by the Human Rights Council in resolution 51/32. 10. The Working Group undertook a visit to Australia from 12 to 20 December 2022 and issued a media statement with its preliminary findings at the end of its visit. It also undertook a visit to the United Kingdom from 18 to 27 January 2023 and held a media conference afterwards. The Chair thanked the Governments of Australia and the United Kingdom for cooperating with the Working Group and facilitating those visits. 11. The Working Group continued to participate actively in events, interact with civil society and assist stakeholders in the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent. On 31 October and 1 November 2022, Ms. Reynolds participated as Rapporteur at a regional meeting for the Middle East for the International Decade for People of African Descent organized by OHCHR in Geneva. Member of the Working Group, Sushil Raj, participated in a panel on development. In 2022, the Working Group seized opportunities to raise awareness and call for the implementation of the Decade, including during its country visits. Throughout the year, the Working Group continued to actively promote and participate in activities to assist stakeholders in the implementation of the programme of activities at the national level, according to the three pillars of the Decade: recognition, justice and development. The Working Group made a submission to, and Ms. Namakula participated in, the session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action held in Geneva on the draft United Nations declaration on the promotion, protection and full respect of the human rights of people of African descent in October 2022. The Working Group stands ready to continue to assist in this important endeavour. 12. The Working Group has actively engaged with Member States through its communication procedures. During the reporting period, the Working Group sent 13 communications regarding allegations of human rights violations to Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Mauritius, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and to Twitter, Google, Facebook and Apple. The communications sent and replies received are included in the joint communications reports of special procedure mandate holders submitted to the Human Rights Council. 4 The Working Group also issued 18 media 1 2 3 4 GE.23-12890 A/HRC/51/54. A/HRC/51/54/Add.2. A/HRC/51/54/Add.1. A/HRC/52/3 and A/HRC/53/3. 3