A/HRC/10/66 page 19 119. The Working Group urges States to adopt special measures that address problems regarding access to education faced by children of African descent. The Working Group particularly underlines the obligation to provide free primary education as stipulated in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Working Group furthermore urges States to give particular attention to victims of racism while designing policies to attain the Millennium Development Goals. 120. The Working Group urges States to adopt special measures to address the problem of violence faced by children of African descent, in line with the provisions contained within the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 121. The Working Group calls upon States to ensure that children and youths are not held in detention centres where adults are held or given adult sentences, as this situation particularly affects children and youths of African descent. The Working Group also calls upon States to develop and implement a community-based restorative justice approach that ensures positive outcomes for youths and children of African descent. 122. The Working Group urges States to address disparities in healthcare delivery systems that may exist between children of African descent and the rest of the population. States should adopt special measures to address disadvantages faced by children of African descent regarding access to health care, in line with the provisions contained within the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 123. Underlining its importance in understanding the situation of children of African descent, the Working Group reiterates its recommendation 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 of people of African descent. The Working Group, furthermore, requests OHCHR to assist it in holding an expert seminar to establish guidelines on the collection and dissemination of disaggregated data and guidelines for the creation of a Racial Equality Index. 124. Taking into account the often negative image of children and youths of African descent that is portrayed in the media, the Working Group reiterates its recommendation 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 traditional media and new technologies, of negative images and stereotypes of Africa and people of African descent. The Working Group, furthermore, calls upon States to develop and implement an information and education campaign to combat negative stereotyping of children and youths of African descent. 125. As a measure to address discrimination faced by children of African descent, the Working Group reiterates its recommendation that States and international and regional organizations establish independent bodies, where they do not already exist, to receive complaints by people of African descent of discrimination in accessing housing, education, health, employment and other fundamental rights.

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