A/HRC/9/28 page 102 9/14. Mandate of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent 27. In paragraphs 7, 8, 9 and 10 of draft resolution A/HRC/9/L.24 (adopted as resolution 9/14), the Council: (a) Requested OHCHR to compile a series of best practices in areas such as access to housing, education, health, employment and institutional and legal frameworks pertaining to Africans and people of African descent; (b) Decided to extend the mandate of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent for three years with the mandate to meet for two sessions of five working days each in closed and public meetings: (i) To study the problems of racial discrimination faced by people of African descent living in the diaspora, and to that end, gather all relevant information from Governments, non-governmental organizations and other relevant sources, including through holding public meetings with them; (ii) To propose measures to ensure full and effective access to the justice system by people of African descent; (iii) To submit recommendations on the design, implementation and enforcement of effective measures to eliminate racial profiling of people of African descent; (iv) To make proposals on the elimination of racial discrimination against Africans and people of African descent in all parts of the world; (v) To address all the issues concerning the well-being of Africans and people of African descent contained in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action; (vi) To elaborate short-, medium- and long-term proposals for the elimination of racial discrimination against people of African descent, bearing in mind the need for close collaboration with international and development institutions and the specialized agencies of the United Nations system to promote the human rights of people of African descent, through, inter alia, the following activities: a. Improving the human rights situation of people of African descent by devoting special attention to their needs through, inter alia, the preparation of specific programmes of action; b. Designing special projects, in collaboration with people of African descent, to support their initiatives at the community level and to facilitate the exchange of information and technical know-how between these populations and experts in these areas;