A/HRC/48/78 the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act (H.R.40),7 a bill on reparations currently under examination in the United States. The Working Group, inter alia, welcomed the hearings held by the House Judiciary Committee on the bill, and the broad base of support for the bill within the United States Congress. The Working Group emphasized the importance of reparations and how the bill can play an important role in understanding, acknowledging, addressing and ultimately dismantling systemic racism in the United States and promoting racial equity. 16. Throughout the current year, the Working Group has actively assisted the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in preparing a report on systemic racism, violations of international human rights law against Africans and people of African descent by law enforcement agencies, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 43/1. The Working Group’s analysis is reflected in the final report (A/HRC/47/53), which also builds on the work of the Working Group and its many reports and recommendations on this subject. The Chair of the Working Group also participated in the OHCHR #FIGHTracism campaign,8 featuring in videos and feature stories. 17. The Working Group continued to advocate for the implementation of the programme of activities for the International Decade for People of African Descent and protection of the human rights of people of African descent. It actively participated in several consultations for the establishment of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent. 18. During the period under review, the Working Group contributed to many virtual events and webinars on the issue of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. In that time, the Chair of the Working Group participated in, inter alia, a seminar of the Working Group on the theme “Advancements and challenges 20 years after Durban” (14 October 2020); the seminar “COVID-19 and its impact on women of African descent”, hosted by the non-governmental organization Afroresistance (28 October); a discussion on “Preventing and addressing racism: a core issue of corporate human rights due diligence”, held by the Forum on Business and Human Rights on 17 November; a workshop on the theme “Environmental racism”, held in the framework of the Geneva Dialogues (17 December); in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) masterclass against racism and discrimination, organized under the Slave Route Project (29 January 2021); in the special event entitled “Equal Justice for All”, organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (9 March); in the event organized to mark the International Day against Racism entitled “Mid-term Review of the International Decade for People of African Descent and COVID-19” (11 March); in a meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (13 April); in the roundtable on “Anti-Racism: Avenues for active UN engagement”, organized by the Permanent Mission of Germany (21 April); in an event on children’s rights, organized by Afroresistance (4 June); and in an event hosted by the Council for World Mission and the World Council of Churches to discuss antiracist action (21 June). She also participated in a symposium organized by the International Bar Association entitled “United Nations Human Rights Council Emergency Session on Systemic Racism in Review”. In follow-up to the Working Group’s country visit to Peru, the Chair participated, on 23 June, in an international Forum to launch the first national action plan on business and human rights organized by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of Peru, and on 25 June, in a panel discussion on the theme “The rights of indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples in the public policy of Responsible Business Conduct”, moderated by the Director of Policies for the Afro-Peruvian Population Ministry of Culture. She also spoke at several university and education-based events, including in the event “Racial Inequality in Higher Education: A Transatlantic Conversation”; and gave a number of media interviews, including to the BBC and Al Jazeera plus. 19. A member of the Working Group, Ahmed Reid, participated in several events, including one organized by the European Parliament on the theme “Recognizing the past, repairing the present and building the future”, on 2 December 2020, as part of the inaugural commemoration of the European Day for the Abolition of the Slave Trade; on 4 March 2021, in an event on Marcus Garvey’s 1920 Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the 7 8 4 See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=27325&LangID=E. See www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Racism/Pages/Implementation-HRC-Resolution-43-1.aspx.