A/71/297 31. 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. F. International Decade for People of African Descent 32. The Working Group continued to campaign for effective implementation of the programme of activities of the International Decade. 33. During the period under review, the Working Group continued to actively promote and participate in various activities, interacting with civil society and assisting stakeholders in implementing the programme of activities of the International Decade. The following actions by the Working Group are of particular note: (a) During the Working Group’s country visit to the United States, the International Decade was actively promoted and all stakeholders were encouraged to take action at the national level; (b) During its eighteenth session in Geneva, the Working Group focused on the interlinkages of the themes of the International Decade. A panel discussi on was held on plans for the programme of activities to implement the International Decade. 34. Individual members of the Working Group also carried out the following promotional activities: (a) Ms. Fanon-Mendes-France delivered several statements, and participated in a range of events, using the opportunity to raise awareness and call for the implementation of the International Decade. On 3 and 4 December 2015, Ms. Fanon-Mendes-France, as Chair of the Working Group, delivered a statement at, and participated in, the regional meeting of the International Decade for People of African Descent for Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Brasilia. During the period under review, Ms. Fanon-Mendes-France also participated in events organized by States, civil society and universities around the world, including AfroMadrid in Madrid; an Africités meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa; an event in Strasbourg, France, where she met with member States of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance; an event in Washington, D.C., where she briefed members of the Congressional Black Caucus; an event in Paris during Black History Month; and events at Harvard University and the Universit y of Connecticut, United States; (b) During her interventions, Ms. Fanon-Mendes-France focused on the importance of historicizing the implementation of the pseudo-concept of race as a means to classify and categorize human society in order to deconstruct the concept. She also reiterated the importance of deconstructing the colo niality of power and of knowledge as a means of building a non-discriminatory and equal society, and of understanding how structural and institutional racism and Afrophobia continued to be present in society and how to tackle them. She also emphasized the importance of reparatory justice with regard to the transatlantic slave trade, enslavement, 8/11 16-13578