A/HRC/54/71 16. In Switzerland, in 2019, the city of Neuchâtel renamed a plaza to honour Tilo Frey, the first person of African descent elected to the National Council of Switzerland. The plaza had been named after a nineteenth-century scientist who leveraged his reputation in the area of glaciation into an advocacy platform for “scientific” racism. In Neuchâtel and Zurich, the revision of public narratives has included plaques with historical context being added to public buildings. Other initiatives include tenders for monuments and public works of art; the creation of an educational itinerary of the historical past and modern links; a permanent exhibition on Neuchâtel citizens’ involvement in the triangular trade; and a website to situate those truths within the official municipal history.31 Since 2016, the canton and city of Geneva have recognized anti-Black racism as a particular form of human rights violation and has approved a budget line for the prevention of and the fight against anti-Black racism.32 17. In 2014, the Government of the United States launched the My Brother’s Keeper to address opportunity gaps that African American boys and young men face in regard to their access to basic health care, good nutrition, high-quality education, and labour opportunities, and in reduction of violence. 33 The Government also adopted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which has allowed 2.3 million African American adults to gain medical health insurance.34 18. In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights 2020 report on Black People, Racism and Human Rights, concluded that the Government must urgently take action to protect the human rights of Black people, including within healthcare, criminal justice, nationality and immigration and democracy; and its leadership in articulating the concerns, progress, missteps, and a way forward on human rights including in providing scrutiny of Government Bills for compliance with human rights. The Lammy Review and the Race Disparity Audit are also positive examples of the Government’s action to identify disparities in outcomes for ethnic groups, including Black, Asian and minority Ethnic individuals.35 31 32 33 34 35 30 A/HRC/51/54/Add.1, para. 12–14. A/HRC/51/54/Add.1, para. 24. A/HRC/33/61/Add.2, para. 15. A/HRC/33/61/Add.2, para. 17. https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/racism/wgeapd/statements/2023-0127/eom-statement-UK-WGEPAD-2023-01-27.pdf. GE.23-15301