Summary

The present document contains the report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its twenty-ninth and thirtieth sessions, prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 9/14, 18/28, 27/25, 36/23 and 45/24.

During its twenty-ninth session, held in Geneva from 15 to 19 November 2021, the Working Group held private discussions. At its thirtieth session, held in New York from 23 to 27 May 2022, the Working Group focused on the theme “Children of African descent”.

The Working Group concluded that racial discrimination continued to harm children of African descent. It discussed racial discrimination and inequality faced by children of African descent in all areas of life, including administration of justice, law enforcement, education, health, family-regulation systems, and development, as well as redress for legacies of enslavement, colonialism and racial segregation. In the present report, the Working Group makes a number of recommendations, among others, calling upon States to recognize the importance and ensure the promotion and protection of the human rights of children of African descent, including in the draft United Nations declaration on the promotion and full respect of the human rights of people of African descent.