E/CN.4/2002/24 page 37 received continues to be a source for concern: According to the 2001 IPEA study 42.9 per cent of Blacks and 48.4 per cent of the mixed-descent population live under the poverty level, whereas among Whites this number is 22.6 per cent.3 85. The National Movement for Human Rights (Movimento Nacional de Direitos Humanos MNHD) stated that the vast majority of homicide victims (66.1 per cent) are Black and mixed-descent people. The percentage increases for killings by police: three times more black and mixed-descent people are killed by police than Whites. Additionally, police systematically harasses Blacks and mixed-descent people, as they are supposed to be poor and thus delinquents and criminals.4 86. The Special Rapporteur is also preoccupied by the systematic racist and racial discrimination by police officials against Blacks and mixed descent people, as well as Blacks’ current situation in the administration of justice and the prison system. Furthermore, he is apprehensive with regard to the labour situation of Blacks and mixed-descent children, and recommends that the Brazilian Government develop special Programmes with a view to promoting these children’s rights to education and welfare. From 1992 to 1999 the overall child labour level decreased by 34 per cent. However, the decrease among Whites (45 per cent) was almost twice that of Blacks and mixed-descent people (24 per cent). 87. Concerning discriminatory practices in the prison system, it should be noted that although black and mixed-descent people constitute 45 per cent of the Brazilian population (white people compose 54 per cent), they represent the majority of the prison population. For example, in São Paulo, which has the highest imprisonment levels, for every 100,000 thousand white citizens, 76.8 are imprisoned, whereas among Blacks and mixed-descent people the figure is 140. As stated in his 1997 report the Special Rapporteur continues to be concerned about the fate of indigenous peoples and looks forward to receiving, in the near future information about measures taken or envisaged in favour of these people. C. Egypt 88. On 12 October 2001, Egypt submitted to the Special Rapporteur an instructive 16-page memorandum on the Egyptian legal system and the measures in place to combat racial discrimination. It stated in particular that Egypt is a party to all the international instruments relating to racial discrimination, whether they have been adopted by the United Nations, ILO or UNESCO. It has, inter alia, ratified the following instruments: (a) International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; (b) International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid; (c) International Convention against Apartheid in Sports; (d) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; (e) ILO Convention No. 111 concerning discrimination in respect of employment and occupation; (f) Convention concerning action to combat discrimination in education. In conformity with article 151 of the Constitution, once international instruments have been ratified and promulgated, they form part of Egyptian legislation and all public bodies are required to comply with them. At the regional level, Egypt participated in the formulation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, which prohibits discrimination and doctrines based on this practice.