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60.
The Working Group recognizes that some States have launched the
International Decade and have taken steps to add chapters on African history and the
transatlantic trade in Africans to primary-level textbooks. While the Working Group
welcomes examples of good practices, there is a pressing need to intensify efforts in
order to ensure that all States and regions are involved in the full implementation of
the programme of activities of the International Decade for People of African Descent,
including the provisions of General Assembly resolution 69/16 calling for the
establishment of a forum and the drafting of a United Nations declaration on the
promotion and full respect of the human rights of people of African descent.
61.
The Working Group affirms the important contribution of civil society to its
work, in the Durban process and in the promotion and implementation of the
International Decade. The Working Group expresses its appreciation for civil-society
initiatives that have been productive and have enriched the dialogue on the rights of
people of African descent.
B.
Recommendations
62.
The Working Group reiterates its recommendations made to States, civil
society and United Nations agencies, funds and programmes in its previous sessions
related to the three pillars of the International Decade. The Working Group also calls
for the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.
63.
The Working Group recommends that States and civil society review national
constitutions and laws and their compatibility with international human rights law,
specifically in relation to combating racial discrimination and Afrophobia against
people of African descent.
64.
The Working Group urges States to, where appropriate, actively pursue
reparatory justice for people of African descent. The Working Group also encourages
States and regional organizations to undertake initiatives to address recognition,
justice and development for people of African descent, as does the CARICOM TenPoint Action Plan on reparations.
65.
The Working Group recommends the setting up of national observatories on
racial profiling to identify and document violations. The Working Group requests that
States design, implement and enforce, in partnership with people of African descent,
measures to eliminate racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, Afrophobia and
related intolerance.
66.
The Working Group recommends that States collect and analyse disaggregated
data on people of African descent, on the basis of the principle of self-identification,
particularly in places where such disaggregated data are unavailable.
67.
The Working Group calls upon States to fund and support, at the national
level, programmes for the International Decade. At the international level, the
Working Group calls upon States to contribute without further delay to the Trust
Fund for the Programme for the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial
Discrimination. The Working Group calls upon States to fund civil-society activities in
the context of the International Decade and the participation of civil society in
Working Group sessions.
68.
The Working Group urges States to reach a consensus on the establishment of
a forum for people of African descent without any further delay at the thirty-second
session of the Human Rights Council.
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