26th session of the Working Group of experts on people of African descent

Regional meetings with civil society

Due to COVID-19 restrictions the 26th WGEPAD session will be virtual. The session will include a series of regional public meetings with people of African descent and civil society to strategize on the way forward at the mid-term of the International Decade for people of African descent. (Room XX Palais des Nations)

This series of regional meetings is designed to allow the Working Group to engage with and learn from civil society and its experiences, to ascertain the situation on the ground thus far, and to determine which strategies may improve and enhance efforts to effectively prevent racial discrimination faced by people of African descent.

Regional meetings were held as follows:

• Asia and the Pacific 23 November 09.30-11.30 (CET), interpretation in Chinese, English and French (video)
• Western Europe and North America 23 November 15.00-17.00 (CET), interpretation in English, French and Spanish (video)
• Middle East and Africa, 24 November 10.00-12.00 (CET), interpretation in Arabic, English and French (video)
• Latin America and the Caribbean, 24 November 15.00-17.00 (CET), interpretation in English, French and Spanish (video)
• Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 25 November 10.00-12.00 (CET) interpretation in Russian, English and Chinese (video).

Documentation

• Concept Note
• COVID-19, systemic racism and global protests
• How to participate in the Regional meetings

Statements and written submissions

23 November 2020

• Asia and the Pacific
• Philip Binondo – AFAACP & African Diaspora Insight
  
• Western Europe and North America
• Ade Olaiya
  
• Alan Clifford – SRDC
  
• Derrick Leon Washington
  
• Dido Mulumba – PAD Business Network Foundation
  
• Dr. Barryl A. Biekman – inputs from The Netherlands
  
• Global Afrikan Congress UK
  
• IAAT – AICT – D12M
• James Aiken – BPLS
• Maureen Taylor and Marian Kramer
• Michael McEachrane – Towards the Second Half of the Decade
  
• Modi Ntambwe – PAD Belgium Observatory
  
• NGO PAWA
  
• Saeed Fotohinia – Youth Against Racism
  
• Siphiwe Baleka – complete statement
  
• Siphiwe Baleka – oral statement
  
• The Advocates for Human Rights
  
• Tomiko Shine – Aging People in Prison Human Rights Campaign
  

24 November 2020

• Middle East and Africa
• Dr. Derrick Jackson – MEADUC
  
• Jose Antonio Mas – Propuesta Educativa Integral Argentina
  
• Max Vaitilingom Boyer – ONG Ascendances Afro Ocean Indien
  
• Latin America and the Carribean
• Agatha Joyce Oginere
  
• América López Chávez
  
• Casa de la Cultura
  
• Cristina Báez Lazcano – Perfil ALDA UNFPA
  
• Ecuador GT – anti racism
  
• Gabriel Eduardo
  
• José Antonio Más Morales – Propuesta Educativa Integral Argentina
  
• Lazcano – Artic. Latinoamericana para el Decenio Afro (A.L.D.A)
  
• Lucía Dominga Molina Sandez – Casa de la Cultura
  
• Nikolas Parodi – DIAFAR
  
• Buddy Aaron Larrier – UDOHT
  
• Vicente Alexander – IDPADG
  
• Zied rouine - MNEMTY
  

25 November 2020

• Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Submissions received from civil society in response the WGEPAD call for input: Mid-term review of the International Decade for people of African descent

• Ade Olaiya
• Ade Olaiya addendum
• Canadian Commission for UNESCO
• International Association Against Torture
• International Coalition of People of African Descent
• Latin American Council for the Decade on people of African descent (ALDA)
• UN Decade Coordination and Monitoring Working Group and others (joint submission) “