A/HRC/37/77 tolerance and to increase the level of awareness of the scourge of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. B. Measures to be taken to enhance the effectiveness of the follow-up mechanisms to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and to ensure better synergy and complementarities in the work of those mechanisms, in line with article 124 of the Outcome Document of the Durban Review Conference Conclusions 87. The Working Group: (a) Recognizes the importance of the continued efforts aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the Durban follow-up mechanisms and commits to increasing efforts aimed at avoiding overlapping and/or duplication of initiatives; (b) Notes that one of the follow-up mechanisms, the group of independent eminent experts, has not been fully operational, owing to the lack of three experts, and requests that steps be taken to expedite the appointment of those experts. Recommendations 88. The Working Group recommends that: The Durban follow-up mechanisms, together with the treaty monitoring bodies and special procedures mandate holders, discuss key issues of common interest. In that regard, the Working Group requests the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) to explore the possibility of organizing consultations, during the annual meeting of the Chairs of the human rights treaty bodies, between the Chairs of the Durban follow-up mechanisms and the Chairs of the human rights treaty bodies, with the aim of developing synergies and complementarities between those mechanisms. C. Review of the progress achieved concerning the programme of activities for the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent Conclusions 89. The Working Group: (a) Recognizes that people of African descent have historically been, and continue to be, specific victims of human rights violations; (b) Recognizes that structural racism and discrimination occur at all stages and levels of the administration of justice, including in legislation, law enforcement, courts and tribunals, and detention facilities, leaving people of African descent vulnerable to social and racial profiling and resulting in their overrepresentation in the criminal justice system; (c) Recognizes the crucial role of civil society organizations, local governments and municipalities in implementing the programme of activities for the International Decade for People of African Descent, in promoting human rights education and raising awareness of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and the importance of close cooperation between civil society and Governments; (d) Takes note of Human Rights Council resolution 35/30, in which the Council requested the Working Group to include in the programme of work for its sixteenth session a one-day meeting to consider the elaboration of a draft United Nations declaration on the promotion and full respect of human rights of people of 14