A/HRC/42/59/Add.1 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 14 August 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-second session 9–27 September 2019 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 Belgium 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 Belgium from 4 to 11 February 2019. The Working Group presents the current legal, institutional and policy framework in the country and measures taken to prevent racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, Afrophobia and related intolerance faced by people of African descent, 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 concrete recommendations. * Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. ** 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 and French only. GE.19-13874(E) 