A/HRC/15/18 Contents Paragraphs Page I. Introduction............................................................................................................. 1–4 4 II. Context of people of African descent in the United States of America................... 5–15 4 III. A. General situation ............................................................................................ 5–7 4 B. Framework for the protection of the human rights of people of African descent ............................................................................................... 8–15 5 People of African descent in the United States: general comments ........................ 16–70 7 Participation of people of African descent in all political, economic, social and cultural aspects of society and in the advancement and economic development of the country ........................................................... 16–57 7 B. Policies for the integration of people of African descent ............................... 58–62 15 C. Collection of disaggregated data on people of African descent ..................... 63–68 16 D. Gender perspective ......................................................................................... 69–70 17 Conclusions and recommendations ........................................................................ 71–89 18 A. Conclusions ................................................................................................... 71–81 18 B. Recommendations .......................................................................................... 82–89 20 A. IV. 3