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technologies, of negative images and stereotypes of Africa and people of African descent.
Such a code of conduct should also include provisions that address and combat incitement
to racial hatred.
Access to education
110. The Working Group recommends that the 8-volume UNESCO General History of
Africa series be popularized and included by States in their educational curricula.
Racism and employment
111. The Working Group invites the International Labour Organization to make a
contribution to the Durban Review Conference on growing xenophobic trends and how to
combat them, as well as on the elaboration of international standards for protection of
domestic workers.
National monitoring bodies
112. The Working Group recommends that States and international and regional
organizations establish independent bodies, where they do not already exist, to receive
complaints by people of African descent of discrimination in accessing housing, education,
health, employment and other fundamental rights.
Racism and health
113. The Working Group encourages the World Health Organization to continue its
efforts to mainstream racial/ethnicity equality with ministries of health, and to strengthen
its internal efforts to ensure that all its working teams and managers adopt an ethnic/racial
equality perspective.
114. The Working Group recommends that States guarantee universal and effective access
to medications, particularly those required for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS,
malaria and other pandemics.
Best practices for combating racism and promoting racial equality
115. The Working Group recommends that the Human Rights Council request OHCHR
to produce a series of best practices in areas such as access to housing, education, health,
employment and institutional and legal frameworks pertaining to people of African
descent, as well as combating stereotyping against this group in the media.
Racial profiling
116. The Working Group reiterates its call to Governments to abolish and prohibit any
discrimination within their jurisdiction and to criminalize racial profiling, envisaging
sanctions for those who violate the law and ensuring effective remedies for the victims.