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External sources (not reviewed)

and external "customer centric" comprehensive management.

by the new Plurinational Legislative Assembly.

in conflict and post-conflict areas (follow-up on plans of action).

speaking for themselves and not on behalf of the organization, do formulate specific policy recommendations based on the findings in their work.

of the African American group in the United States but received no response whatsoever.4 Obvious problems arose, such as the fact that the United States had yet to ratify the Convention precisely because of issues such as the question of impunity for crimes of racial violence against African Americans;5it was also pointed out that, under the Convention, only States were entitled to submit complaints of genocide against other States to the United Nations, and particularly to the International Court of Justice as the international court with jurisdiction under the Convention (arts. 8 and 9).

use of children, release children associated with armed groups, enter into dialogue with the United Nations and prepare time-bound action plans in line with Security Council resolutions 1539 (2004), 1612 (2005) and 1882 (2009), and expressing concern in that regard about the impact on children of the announced merger of Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam

of their positive contribution throughout history to the construction and development of the country; the lack of qualitative and quantitative disaggregated data by racial or ethnic origin; the existence of a circle of poverty, unequal access to education, public services, employment, as well as discrimination in the administration and functioning of the justice system; existence of racial profiling and police violence; underrepresentation in political and institutional decision-making processes, as well as the lack of special measures or affirmative action policies in Portugal for people of African descent or other minorities.

campaign to promote multiculturalism and respect for the dignity of the Afro-Ecuadorian people; the adoption of measures to reduce the educational gap that exists between Afro-Ecuadorians and the wider population; the introduction of ethno-education for people of African descent; the strengthening of Afro-Ecuadorian civil society; measures to eliminate racism and discrimination in the media; further efforts to encourage participation of persons of African descent in public administration; the establishment of a centre for Afro-Ecuadorian studies; the further development of free legal aid services; the creation within the office of the Ombudsman of a sub-unit dedicated to issues related to people of African descent and the creation of special programmes to promote the education of women of African descent.

Statute of the International Criminal Court (see table 2).