A/HRC/42/59/Add.2 other people of African descent must be identified and specific programmes developed to protect their human rights. In the context of the fortieth anniversary of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action for Promoting and Implementing Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries, celebrated from 20 to 22 March 2019 in Buenos Aires, the Working Group encourages all countries and relevant stakeholders to strengthen their efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda in all South-South and triangular cooperation policies and activities by specifically promoting the human rights of people of African descent. 67. The Working Group encourages the United Nations system and development partners to study the situation of Afro-Argentines and other people of African descent in the country within their area of competence and develop specific programmes to assist them. 68. The country’s past has a bearing on contemporary law enforcement, therefore significant changes in the training of law enforcement agents are required, as well as cultural awareness training to adapt to a culturally and racially diverse society. 69. The Working Group urges the Government to study and address institutional and structural racism and racial violence against Afro-Argentines and people of African descent in partnership with concerned communities. In the case of José Delfin Acosta Martínez, the Working Group recommends that steps be taken to immediately grant full reparations to his family. 70. Excessive policing of street vendors of African descent must come to an end. The absence of a sufficient legal basis makes the warrantless arrests unlawful in the first instance. The brutality attending the arrests further violates the human rights of the street vendors. Argentine law enforcement officials must exercise restraint, minimize damage and injury, and heed the other principles of the Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials. The irregular immigration status of some of the vendors ought to be corrected by official action. The amnesty granted in 2013 to undocumented migrants was a good practice and should be repeated. Migrants should be able to access Spanish language lessons. Other pathways to citizenship for migrants must be created. Livelihood and other support measures for migrants, residents and new citizens should be provided. 71. The Working Group recommends an in-depth independent investigation into police action targeting street vendors in the city of Buenos Aires to monitor and identify perpetrators of racial discrimination, violence and the theft of goods, develop remedies and combat impunity. 72. In gathering disaggregated data on the numbers of people of African descent in detention, the Working Group recommends the inclusion of a question as to when they arrived in detention facilities or prisons and whether they self-identify as a person of African descent. 73. The Working Group recommends measures to increase representation of people of African descent at all levels in the public administration, the judiciary, the prosecution services and law enforcement, as well as other sectors, including education and the media, among others. 74. The Working Group recommends that the inequalities and invisibility of AfroArgentines are addressed from the perspective of reparatory justice, based on the recognition of people of African descent, as stipulated by the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. Efforts to increase visibility should ensure that AfroArgentines benefit from development programmes aimed at improving their life quality and the enjoyment of human rights. The Caribbean Community Ten Point Plan for Reparatory Justice can serve as a useful reference in that regard. 75. The Working Group recommends the establishment of a museum of AfroArgentine culture, supported by the State in partnership with the Afro-Argentine community. The museum must be a centre of historical remembrance, adequately referring to the presence and sacrifice of Afro-Argentines before and after 1816. 16

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