A/HRC/39/69 of expression, association and peaceful assembly. Mr. Murillo Martinez highlighted the close link between global risks, such as extreme weather events, large involuntary mass migrations, severe natural disasters and large-scale terrorist attacks, and the impact of those risks to people of African descent in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. He also focused on the need for comprehensive data on people of African descent, including the identification of victims and documentation of the consequences of the past and its impact on victims today, as elements to be included in the draft declaration. One civil society representative reiterated the importance of positive measures and reparatory justice for people of African descent. Another civil society representative raised the issue of racism and racial discrimination in cyberspace, including surveillance and wiretapping activities aimed at social movements. 49. Mr. Balcerzak reminded participants of the one-day meeting to be held during the next session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, at which participants would consider the elaboration of the draft declaration, and therefore requested all Member States and civil society to continue to send their inputs. Mr. Reid suggested developing a concise document incorporating all the feedback received. Mr. Murillo Martinez suggested focusing on the aims, scopes, concepts and principles of the draft declaration beforehand, in order to make the meeting fruitful. He emphasized that the declaration needed to consider the human rights concerns of three groups of people of African descent: (a) victims of the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans; (b) Africans who have migrated and are second-generation descendants of victims of the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans; (c) Migrant populations, which have recently crossed the Mediterranean. African countries and their role in the declaration should also be considered. Mr. Martinez also emphasized that the declaration needed to address the issue of racial profiling. He added that another area that needed to be covered through the declaration was self-identification. Ms. Petrus-Barry agreed, adding that the key issue for people of African descent was their invisibility, given the lack of data on their human rights situation. V. Conclusions and recommendations 50. The Working Group thanks Member States and representatives of international organizations and civil society for their active participation. A. Conclusions 51. Equality and non-discrimination are foundational principles of human rights. Any act of racial discrimination, Afrophobia, xenophobia and related intolerance runs contrary to those principles. The Working Group concludes that the heightened security measures adopted by States have increased the risk of violations of the rights of people of African descent, while the spectre of terrorism has fanned the flames of right-wing extremism. 52. Criminalization of irregular entry and other discriminatory State actions, including immigration legislation and practices, perpetuate negative perceptions of migrants and people of African descent, while bolstering support for right-wing extremism. Violent manifestations of xenophobia, Afrophobia and hate speech against non-nationals, particularly migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, contribute to structural racism. The Working Group is also concerned by increasing levels of racism in sport. 53. The Working Group is concerned that some States do not collect disaggregated data that reflects the magnitude of racism, racial discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes perpetrated against people of African descent. States that do not collect and analyse disaggregated data lack the information necessary to address racism and intolerance effectively, including measures to counter extremist ideologies and hate speech. 14