Regional meeting for Europe, Central Asia and North America (Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 23-24 November 2017)

[Organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights]

Regional meeting for the International Decade for People of African Descent

As part of the awareness raising campaign for the International Decade, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is organizing five regional meetings. Such meetings focus on trends, priorities and challenges at the national and regional levels to effectively implement the Decade’s Programme of Activities. The meetings are also an occasion to exchange good practices.

This second regional meeting provided an opportunity to reflect on ways and means that governments from Europe, Central Asia and North America in partnership with equality bodies, national human rights institutions, civil society, development agencies and regional organizations, may pursue to integrate the provisions of the Programmes of Activities in their policies, programmes and strategies tailored for people of African descent.

Participants: The meeting brought together Member States, United Nations specialized agencies and bodies, regional organizations, national human rights institutions, equality bodies and civil society representatives, particularly people of African descent from the region. Other Member States of the United Nations were invited to attend as observers. Experts on the topics were also invited to participate in the meeting.

Watch

• 23 November AM

• 23 November PM

• 24 November AM

• 24 November PM

Statements

• UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein

• Mr. Sabelo Gumedze, Chairperson of the Working Group of Experts on people of African descent

• Mr. Ahmed N. Reid, Member of the Working Group of Experts on people of African descent

• Ms. Hanna Suchochka, Independent Eminent Expert on the Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

• Ms. Deborah Coles [Statement - Presentation ppt]

• Mr. Hilaire Sobers

• Mr. Momodou Jallow [Statement - Presentation ppt]

• Anastasia Crickley, Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

• Elisabeth Kaneza, President of the Kaneza Foundation for Dialogue and Empowerment

• Tena Šimonović Einwalter, Chairperson, Executive Board of the European Network of Equality Bodies (EQUINET)

• 2017 Fellowship for People of African Descent Joint Statement

Documentation:

• Meeting Agenda

• Information Note on Support for Civil Society

• Application for the Participation of Civil Society in the Regional Meeting for the International Decade for People of African Descent

• Outcome Document

For more information, please see http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Racism/InternationalDecade/Pages/RegionalMeetingEuropeCentralAsiaNorthAmerica2017.aspx