A/HRC/39/35 Cameroon, the fourth phase of the World Programme should build on the previous phases. It suggested various target sectors, including girls and women, refugees, law enforcement agencies and civil servants, education personnel, the general public and civil society organizations. Thematic areas could include social and economic rights, in particular the rights to privacy, to water and sanitation, to a healthy environment, to health, to education and to food, in addition to combating youth unemployment and fostering the right of youth to work. The Association also highlighted the right to justice and due process, good governance and the fight against corruption, and the protection of women, children, indigenous peoples, refugees and internally displaced persons, prisoners, minorities, migrant workers and persons with disabilities. 43. Associazione 21 luglio Onlus focused on the importance of fighting discrimination against minorities and groups in vulnerable situations, and particularly children, including groups living in emergency housing, slums and microsettlements. The organization highlighted the need for more inclusive education and social policies for these groups. 44. Centre africain de recherche industrielle suggested that the fourth phase should focus on educating government officials and policymakers, to increase respect of the rule of law and the fair management of public affairs, which would in turn lead to greater respect for human rights. 45. Christian Solidarity Worldwide recommended that the right to freedom of religion or belief be the thematic focus of the fourth phase. It highlighted the need for related training particularly in schools, especially with regard to religious minorities, to tackle discrimination on the basis of religion or belief in educational settings. 46. The European Youth Forum proposed that the fourth phase target youth organizations, given that they could mobilize young people to contribute to building a more peaceful, just, inclusive and equitable society. The fourth phase should focus on the role of youth organizations and movements in conflict prevention and peacebuilding processes, in accordance with target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals; young people were active both during conflicts, because of their access to local communities, and in postconflict settings, in peace and reconciliation processes. Youth organizations were in contact with young people that were socially excluded (out-of-school, unemployed or victims of various types of discriminatory acts) and contributed to human rights education in informal environments. The Forum highlighted the importance of supporting and empowering them to continue to engage young people, particularly in partnership with formal education institutions. 47. Human Rights Educators USA suggested that education decision makers and gatekeepers, including professional associations involved in establishing university-based degrees and criteria for licensed professions (such as education and social work), should be the target sectors for the fourth phase. The fourth phase should effectively engage influential actors with education responsibilities and authority, and also acknowledge and empower civil society entities working to promote the World Programme and the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training. It would therefore be an opportunity to highlight and disseminate information about local-level decisions that fostered human rights education and local human rights education initiatives, raising their visibility and legitimacy as part of global programmes. 48. According to the D.C. Regional Representatives of Human Rights Educators USA, the thematic issues of the fourth phase should be the right to science and the enjoyment of the benefits of science, the right to a healthy environment and the rights to information, participation and justice. For the target sectors, it proposed attorneys and legal professionals, science, technology, engineering and mathematics professionals and educators, and faith communities, owing to their specific impact on the realization of human rights. 49. Instituto de Desenvolvimento e Direitos Humanos recommended that the target sectors of the fourth phase be young people and health professionals. Addressing young people was important, because youth was a crucial period of personal development when the individual develops values and beliefs and begins to experience what citizenship entails. In its submission, it also focused on health professionals, since they worked closely with rights holders and victims of human rights abuses, such as domestic violence. 10

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