A/HRC/40/38/Add.1 XIX. Non-exhaustive list of forums, consultations, workshops, expert meetings and other events organized by mandate holders in 2018 Thematic mandates Mandate Working Group of Experts on people of African Descent Description of events organized by mandate holders From 19 to 23 March, the Working Group held its 22nd session in Geneva on the theme “Framework for a Declaration on the Promotion and Full Respect of Human Rights of People of African descent”. The conclusions and recommendations of the session were presented to the 39th session of the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/39/69) and also shared during the 16th session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action discussion on the elaboration of a draft declaration on the promotion and full respect of human rights of people of African descent. On 29 October, the Working Group organized a side event entitled “Towards a Declaration on the Promotion and Respect of the Rights of People of African Descent” at the UNHQ in New York. The Chairperson of the Working Group moderated a panel that included the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, the Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Director of OHCHR-NYO Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights of persons with albinism On 19 and 20 February 2018, the Independent Expert organized a regional strategy meeting for civil society, at which targets were developed for the Regional Action Plan on Albinism in Africa (2017-2021) and these where linked to targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.[1] As a follow-up to the expert workshop on witchcraft and human rights, held in Geneva on 21 and 22 September 2017 (A/HRC/37/57/Add.2),[2] the Independent Expert, with the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children and civil society organizations,[3] organized a side event on 7 March 2018 on the impact of witchcraft beliefs and practices on children. On 9 March 2018, the Independent Expert organized a workshop on albinism and human rights during the committee sessions of the Pan-African Parliament, held in South Africa. On 16 May 2018, she was invited to address the plenary of the Parliament. These events led to the Parliament’s endorsement of the Regional Action Plan on Albinism via a resolution[4] in which the Parliament referred to the work of the Independent Expert and called for effective protection of the human rights of persons with albinism. On the margins of the thirty-eighth session of the Human Rights Council, the Independent Expert commemorated International Albinism Awareness Day on 13 June 2018 with a photo exhibition titled “Albinism: shining our light to the world”.[5] In September 2018, she organized an exhibition on witchcraft and human rights worldwide.[6] On 20 and 21 September 2018, the Independent Expert collaborated with Trinity Western University to organize a multisectoral round table on albinism and human rights. The meeting’s objective was to build consensus on priorities for research, advocacy and policy. Within the framework of the Addis Ababa road map, the Independent Expert and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights organized a panel on albinism during its sixty-third regular session of the Commission, held in Banjul, where a progress report was presented on the Regional Action Plan on Albinism. At the same session, the Independent Expert also organized a side event and a photo exhibition, 65