A/HRC/7/36 page 17 III. RECOMMENDATIONS Contribution of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent to the Preparatory Committee for the Durban Review Conference 103. After reviewing the recommendations made by it in previous sessions, the Working Group, as part of its contribution to the Preparatory Committee for the Durban Review Conference, made the recommendations set out below. National plans of action 104. The Working Group calls upon those States that have not yet elaborated national plans of action to combat racism to do so, preferably before the Durban Review Conference. States that have elaborated national plans of action are called upon to implement them fully and to report upon such implementation at the Durban Review Conference. Administration of justice 105. The Working Group urges States to identify factors that have resulted in the over-representation in arrests, sentencing and incarceration of people of African descent, particularly young men, and to take immediate and appropriate measures to eliminate those factors and to adopt crime-prevention strategies and programmes that include alternatives to incarceration. 106. The Working Group recommends that States take measures to ensure that the disproportionately low levels of representation of people of African descent in the judiciary and other areas of the justice system be addressed. Collection of data 107. The Working Group recommends that States implement mechanisms whereby disaggregated information may be effectively collected on health, education, access to housing, employment, treatment in the criminal justice system and political participation and representation as regards people of African descent, and that that information be the basis for the creation and monitoring of policies and practices that address any discrimination found. 108. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights should provide guidelines on the collection of disaggregated information to those States that request them. Racism and media 109. The Working Group recommends that, in association with the International Federation of Journalists, a code of conduct be drawn up that, while taking into account such fundamental issues as the right to freedom of expression, combats racial discrimination against people of African descent by elaborating standards that must be adhered to so as to eliminate the projection and perpetuation, through the media and new