A/HRC/42/59/Add.1 (n) Provide the Royal Museum for Central Africa with appropriate financial and human resources so as to fully exercise the potential of this institution, improving and enriching its narrative and thus contributing to a better awareness and understanding of the tragic legacies of Belgian colonialism and of the past, and of the contemporary human rights challenges of people of African descent. The Working Group urges the relevant authorities to ensure that the museum is entrusted with tasks and responsibilities in the context of the International Decade for People of African Descent; (o) Remove all offensive racist exhibits from the Royal Museum for Central Africa, in collaboration with historians from Africa and members of the diaspora, and provide richly detailed explanations and context to educate visitors accurately about the colonial history of Belgium and its exploitation of Africa. Given that the physical institution of the museum strongly manifests the colonial lens, additional efforts are required to achieve balance; (p) Provide specific, directed funding to the museum so that it may enrich its postcolonial analysis. This funding should allow for innovations such as QR codes on museum signs to provide more context and to enrich intersectional analysis, including of the historical and current interplay of race, gender, sexuality, migration status, religion and other relevant criteria; (q) Financially support a public education campaign, in partnership with people of African descent, so that people may learn about and better understand the legacies of Belgian colonialism; (r) Collect, compile, analyse, disseminate and publish reliable statistical data, disaggregated by race and on the basis of voluntary self-identification, and take all necessary measures to assess regularly the situation of individuals and groups of individuals who are victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; (s) Address racial profiling and institute a policy of documenting and analysing stops and searches nationwide, including by race and skin colour, in order to promote and ensure equality and fairness in policing; mitigate selective enforcement of the law; and address enduring bias, stereotypes and beliefs about the need to survey and monitor people of African descent; (t) Ensure that the robust framework set up for the prosecution of hate crimes is used more in practice; (u) Review diversity initiatives within justice institutions and in other sectors including education and the media in order to develop clear benchmarks, to increase diversity measurably and to overcome structural discrimination and unconscious bias through positive measures, in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; (v) Clarify and simplify the jurisdiction of the anti-discrimination authorities, creating one point of entry to make reporting easier for victims, allowing for more coordination and making perpetrators of racist harassment and violence more accountable, including through accelerated judicial procedures; (w) Review textbooks and educational materials and ensure that they accurately reflect historical facts as they relate to past tragedies and atrocities such as enslavement, the trade in enslaved Africans and colonialism. Belgium should use the General History of Africa by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to inform its educational curriculum, among similarly oriented authoritative texts.16 The Working Group urges the Government to promote greater knowledge and recognition of and respect for the culture, history and heritage 16 See, in particular, UNESCO, International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa, “Africa under colonial domination 1880–1935”, General History of Africa, vol. VII (1985). 17

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