A/HRC/45/44/Add.1 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 21 August 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session 14 September–2 October 2020 Agenda item 9 Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Visit to Ecuador Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent*, ** Summary The present report contains the findings of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its visit to Ecuador from 16 to 20 December 2019. In the report, the Working Group presents the current legal, institutional and policy framework and measures taken to prevent racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, Afrophobia and related intolerance faced by people of African descent in Ecuador, underscoring positive developments as well as gaps in implementation. The Working Group describes the situation, highlights good practices and the main challenges identified, and makes specific recommendations. * The summary of the report is being circulated in all official languages. The report itself, which is annexed to the summary, is being circulated in the language of submission only. ** Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.20-10964(E) 