A/HRC/27/68 against Women had received individual complaints concerning people of African descent. The member of the secretariat replied that the only joint initiative remained that of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concerning harmful practices. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women had not received any individual complaints specifically concerning women of African descent. 34. Verene Shepherd delivered a presentation entitled “Justice for people of African descent through history education: addressing psychological rehabilitation”, which supported the ongoing discussion on how formerly colonized people, specifically those in the Caribbean and the African Diaspora, could experience psychological rehabilitation and develop an African-centred knowledge programme that would help to address the cultural rupture caused by the transatlantic slave trade. She said that the draft programme of action for the International Decade for People of African Descent prioritized culturally sensitive education for children and youth. She emphasized the importance of revisionist history education, which represented a more liberating narrative of self, instead of what so many formerly colonized people had been taught. She concluded that it was important to honour post-colonial historians, who had provided a road map for true mental liberation. 35. Martyn Day, a senior partner with Leigh Day, a law firm in the United Kingdom, delivered a presentation on the roots of contemporary injustices and ways to attain justice for people of African descent. He gave an overview of contemporary routes to justice for historical wrongs worldwide and of reparations in relation to the slave trade, providing a number of examples of States that had apologized for past wrongs and cases in which that had been supported with monetary compensation for victims. He also detailed various claims for reparations in relation to the slave trade and provided information on the case concerning five elderly Kenyans who had been victims of torture by the British colonial administration in Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, which had led to the landmark decision of the Government of the United Kingdom to compensate the victims. 36. During the interactive discussions, NGO representatives asked about issues such as teaching the history and culture of people of African descent to people who were not of African descent and dealing with cases of reparations at the international level and the implications thereof, including cases involving multinational or transnational corporations. In response, Ms. Shepherd said that it was important to teach the correct history and culture of people of African descent to all the world to enable the contribution of people of African descent to the world at large to be recognized. In relation to reparations, Mr. Day said that there had been several legal cases involving multinational companies. He added that the media had played an important role in highlighting the Mau Mau case. 37. In addition to the panel discussions, the Working Group sought to reach out to a wider audience and had organized a programme of talks focusing on access to justice for people of African descent, in collaboration with OHCHR and the Library of the United Nations Office at Geneva. During the programme, Ms. Shepherd delivered a lecture entitled “Reparation and the right to development: the CARICOM case”. She informed the audience about ongoing developments in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) region in relation to reparations, including the CARICOM Reparatory Justice Programme and the action plan for its implementation. Catherine Fiankan-Bokonga, Vice-President of the Foreign Press Association in Switzerland and Liechtenstein (APES), gave a presentation on the role of the media in promoting access to justice for people of African descent. She said that, while there was much potential in the media to promote the rights of people of African descent, it was particularly difficult to do so owing to the inherent challenges in reporting on issues related to the rights of people of African descent. 38. A staff member from the Library of the United Nations Office at Geneva presented the Online Resource Guide of the Library on people of African descent. The Online 10