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Fact Sheet on People of African Descent People of African Descent Who are people of African descent? xenophobia and related intolerance; • Inequality, marginalization and stigmatization; People of African descent live in many countries of the • Low levels of participation and world, either dispersed among the local population or underrepresentation in political and institutional in communities. The largest concentration can be decision-making processes; • found in Latin America and the Caribbean where Lack of adequate representation in the estimates reach 150 million. Whether descendants of administration of justice; those Africans that were displaced to the Americas • Barriers to and inequality in the enjoyment of key during the transatlantic slave trade many generations human rights such as access to quality education, back, or more recent migrants who have journeyed to health services and housing, which results in the the Americas, Europe, Asia and within Africa itself, intergenerational transmission of poverty; people of African descent throughout the world make • Inequality in access to labour markets; up some of the most marginalised groups. They are a • Disproportionate presence in prison populations; specific victim group who continue to suffer • Racial profiling; discrimination as the historic legacy of the transatlantic • Limited social recognition and valuing of people slave trade. Even Afro-descendants who are not of African descent’s ethnic and cultural diversity directly descended from slaves face the racism and and contribution to society; discrimination that still persists today, generations • Intolerance against religions of African origin. after the slave trade ended. What should States do? In 2001 the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA), adopted at the World Conference Through the effective implementation of the against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and International Convention on the Elimination of All Related Intolerance, acknowledged that slavery and Forms of Racial Discrimination, other relevant the slave trade, were appalling tragedies in the history international and regional human rights instruments, of humanity, because of their barbarism and also their the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and magnitude, organized nature and their negation of the the Outcome Document of the Durban Review essence of the victims. It also acknowledged that Conference, states should among others: slavery and the slave trade are a crime against humanity and should always have been so and that • Ensure the full enjoyment by people of African they are among the major sources and manifestations descent of all human rights and fundamental of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related freedoms; intolerance. Africans and people of African descent • Adopt and strengthen national legal framework were victims of these acts and continue to be victims and policies on the rights of people of African of their consequences. The Declaration also descent; acknowledged the suffering caused to them by • Promote full and effective equality for people of colonialism and regretted that the effects and African descent particularly through special persistence of these practices have been among the measures/affirmative action policies; factors contributing to lasting social and economic • Ensure equality before the law, notably in the inequalities in many parts of the world today. enjoyment of the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering Key contemporary human rights issues justice; • Design, implement and enforce effective The contemporary situation of people of African measures to eliminate the phenomenon descent must be understood in the context of both the popularly known as “racial profiling”; legacy of slavery and continued discrimination, which • Take measures to realize the right to perpetuates situations of inequality and development for people of African descent; marginalisation. Although slavery is now de jure illegal • Give effect to right to free primary education and in all countries, de facto contemporary practices akin equal access to all levels of quality education; to slavery continue today in many places throughout • Adopt or increase the effectiveness of legislation the world. that prohibits all discriminatory practice in employment and the labour market; People of African descent comprise a heterogeneous • Guarantee their meaningful participation and group with diverse histories, experiences and inclusion in development processes; in social, identities. The circumstances in which they live and the economic, cultural, political and civil life; and in problems they face differ. What unites them, however, decisions that affect their lives; is that they have long been denied the full realisation • Increase their visibility by ensuring the collection of their human rights and it is possible to highlight a of disaggregated data and research, in series of common issues that must be addressed. accordance with provisions on human rights and fundamental freedoms such as privacy • Structural and institutional racial discrimination , guarantees; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland • The General Assembly adopted a Programme of Sensitize the wider society about their human rights, culture and contribution to the Activities for the Decade which sets out the objectives development of societies and their history. for the Decade, and gives an overview of the human rights situation faced by people of African descent. International human rights framework for the protection of people of African descent The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent All people of African descent shall enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with The Working Group of Experts on People of African international law and standards, in conditions of Descent is mandated to study the problems of racial equality and without any discrimination. The discrimination faced by people of African descent living prohibition of racial discrimination is a peremptory in the African Diaspora and make proposals for its norm of international law from which no derogation is elimination. The Working Group is composed of five permitted. independent experts. In the fulfilment of its mandate, the Working Group: The rights of people of African descent are also protected by international human rights instruments • Presents annual reports to the United Nations related specifically to the prohibition of racial Human Rights Council and the General Assembly; discrimination and the protection of minorities, such • Prepares thematic reports on the protection of the as the International Convention on the Elimination of rights of people of African descent; All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) and the • Processes cases of alleged human rights violations Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial of people of African descent through its Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance. communications procedure; These rights have also been reaffirmed in the DDPA • Undertakes country visits to review the human and in the Durban Review Conference Outcome rights situation of people of African descent. Document adopted in 2009. The work of OHCHR The States’ efforts to implement these rights are monitored by conventional and extra-conventional OHCHR supports governments, national human rights mechanisms of the United Nations human rights institutions, specialized equality bodies and civil protection system, including the UN Committee on society in their efforts to promote and protect the the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the rights of people of African descent. It advises Working Group of Experts on People of African government on the formulation, adoption or revision Descent, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary of legislation and policies, including national action forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and plans against racial discrimination. It also provides related intolerance and the Special Rapporteur on trainings for law enforcement officials, including minority issues. measures against racial profiling. OHCHR supports the Working Group of Experts on people of African At the regional level, the Inter-American Commission Descent and other Durban follow up mechanisms, on Human Rights created a Rapporteur on the Rights CERD, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of Persons of African Descent and against Racial of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and Discrimination. related intolerance and the Special Rapporteur on minority issues. OHCHR Fellowship Programme for International Decade for People of African People of African Descent provides an opportunity to Descent deepen understanding of the United Nations human rights system, instruments and mechanisms. OHCHR The General Assembly in its resolution 68/237 also works to combat racism faced by people of proclaimed the International Decade for People of African descent in sports and undertakes other African descent (2015-2024), with the theme “People awareness raising activities, including in the field. of African Descent: recognition, justice and development.” The Decade is a timely and unique opportunity to underline the important contribution made by people of African descent to our societies and to propose concrete measures to promote equality and to combat discrimination of any kind. Normative standards and further reading • International Convention
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