E/CN.4/1996/72/Add.1 page 23 5. Vigorous action should be taken to eliminate racial discrimination in the field of employment, together with measures for the support of women of mixed parentage and Black women in particular, through an appropriate and determined process of education. Notes 1/ E/CN.4/1994/66, paras. 9-31 and A/49/677, paras. 18-37. 2/ The Rapporteur will use either French or Brazilian terminology for subdivisions of regions or towns. 3/ In 1494, the kings of Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas to define the territories under their respective sovereignty. This treaty established a notional line to the west of the Cape Verde islands. All the land to the east of that line belonged to Portugal and the land to the west belonged to Spain. Thus a small part of South America belonged to Portugal and was progressively enlarged to form Brazil. 4/ The sociologist Gilberto Freyre described this economic and social organization in his famous book Casa Grande y Senzala, 5th edition, Rio de Janeiro, José Olympio Editora, 1946. 5/ Communication dated 22 June 1995 from Mr. Marcelo Dias, Deputy in the Parliament of the State of Rio de Janeiro, President of the Commission on Human Rights of that State. 6/ See Initial Brazilian Report concerning the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, original version of the initial report of Brazil submitted to the Committee on Human Rights on 2 March 1995 which the Minister for Foreign Affairs transmitted to the Special Rapporteur during his mission; reference will be made in particular to the paragraphs dealing with children and adolescents (see document CCPR/C/81/Add.6, paras. 99-104). See also Ministerio Publico do Estado de São Paulo, Homicidios de crianças e adolescentes. Una contribuçao para a administraçao da justiça criminal em São Paulo, São Paulo, June 1995; Centre for the Mobilization of Marginalized Populations (CEAP), The killing of children and adolescents in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 1988; International Federation for Human Rights, Les assassinats d’enfants des rues à Rio de Janeiro et São Paulo, survey mission, December 1994. 7/ See the initial report of Brazil (CCPR/C/81/Add.6, paras. 90-107). 8/ Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil, 1988, edition updated in 1994 [text of 5 October 1988 incorporating amendments No. 1/92 to 4/93 and No. 1/94 to 6/94], French translation by J. Villemain, updated by J.F. Cleaver, Brasilia, Federal Senate, 1994.