A/HRC/43/73 (g) Underlines the importance of equal access to high-quality education, notes with concern the unequal opportunities in that field, with the failure to recognize the potential, talents and teachability of children belonging to minority groups, indigenous children, migrant children and children of African descent, alongside the structural barriers that they face and acknowledges the existence of practices that diminish the potential of children belonging to those groups; (h) Recalls the urgency of States and international and regional organizations, nongovernmental organizations and the private sector addressing the situation of persons with disabilities who are also disproportionately affected by racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and to multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination. 2. Recommendations 86. The Working Group urges Member States: (a) To fully and effectively implement their obligations arising under international law, particularly the non-discrimination clauses in the Charter of the United Nations and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, and to sign and ratify the two Covenants and the Convention, if they have not yet done so; (b) To establish mechanisms, as appropriate, to follow up and implement recommendations on combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including those relating to people of African descent, emanating from international mechanisms, such as the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and other treaty bodies, special procedures mandate holders and the universal periodic review, and relevant regional mechanisms; (c) To cooperate fully and respond positively to requests for country visits by the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and other human rights mechanisms working on issues related to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; (d) To establish national legislative frameworks and national action plans against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in accordance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, if they have not already done so; (e) To recognize the importance of sharing good practices, including legislation and initiatives taken at the national and regional levels, in addressing the issue of online hate speech, including on social networks, and in that connection to encourage the adoption of policies at the regional level on combating online hate speech, such as the adoption of codes of conduct on countering illegal online hate speech by information technology companies and social media providers in the fight against hate speech; (f) To establish or strengthen, as appropriate, public policies to eradicate racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, equip specialized bodies and mechanisms for the implementation thereof, and to promote racial equality with suitable financial resources and the capability and capacity to survey, investigate, educate and undertake public awareness-raising activities in line with the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference; (g) To take the measures necessary to ensure the full enjoyment of all human rights of persons with disabilities and to facilitate their full integration into all areas of life and in that regard to sign and ratify the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto as a matter of priority, if they have not already done so. 14

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