A/HRC/42/59/Add.2 elements at the moment of passing sentence and it intervenes ex officio in different types of cases, such as amicus curiae or as a complainant before criminal justice. 15. In 2001, the Government of Argentina committed to integrating the conclusions of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action into a national plan of action against discrimination.10 In line with that commitment, the National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism developed a national map of discrimination in order to collect, analyse and disseminate statistical data at national and local level on the subject. The first edition of the map was made between 2007 and 2009 and the second edition in 2013. Both editions were based on a survey conducted nationwide. The Working Group was informed that field work was being carried out for the new edition in order to have the preliminary statistics for the end of 2019. The new edition will allow a comparison between 2013 and current data. In 2011, the Institute set up the Directorate for the Promotion and Development of Anti-Discrimination Practices in order to promote and implement actions that would make it possible to eliminate discriminatory behaviour. The Institute has also signed cooperation agreements with the Council of the Judiciary of the City of Buenos Aires and with the Buenos Aires Penitentiary Service to work on the eradication of violence and discrimination. The establishment of a number of institutions at the national and provincial levels, including the Office of the Federal Public Defender, branches of the Institute and the local offices of the Public Defender, are also important initiatives for combating racial discrimination. 16. Argentina launched its National Human Rights Action Plan (2017–2020) in December 2017. According to the Government, the plan is based on international commitments made by the State and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Its pillars are inclusion, non-discrimination and equality; public security and non-violence; memory, truth, justice and reparation policies; universal access to rights and civic culture; and commitment to human rights. The action plan outlines specific actions to be carried out in order to make visible the Afrodescendent community under the International Decade for People of African Descent (2015–2024). They include ministerial commitments for the visibility of communities of people of African descent and the coordinating role of the Secretariat of Human Rights and Cultural Pluralism to promote the International Decade. The National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism works with the Secretariat of Human Rights and Cultural Pluralism to promote the International Decade and develop and carry out campaigns of awareness and empowerment of the Afrodescendent community.11 17. The Working Group welcomes the initiatives undertaken by the Government to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and in particular its work to develop a national Afrodescendent programme and action plan to implement the International Decade for People of African Descent. Decree No. 658/2017 calls for coordination between the administrative units of the executive branch to develop a programme of activities under the International Decade. The action plan consists of four components: recognition of rights through activities that guarantee access to and education about equality, non-discrimination and awareness; strengthening access to justice through training for public agents and the security forces; access to development, understanding the fight against poverty, access to education, employment and health; and strengthening of civil society organizations. Within these components are, inter alia, provisions for scholarships in education; incorporation into the educational curricula of the historical facts related to enslavement, the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism; quotas in employment; a platform for dialogue with organizations of people of African descent; anti-discrimination 10 11 6 See Towards a National Plan against Discrimination: Discrimination in Argentina (Buenos Aires, National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism, 2005), pp. 12 and 13. See publications of the National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism, “Argentina tambien es afro”; available from http://inadi.gob.ar/contenidosdigitales/producto/argentina-tambien-es-afro/; “Afrodescendientes: guia temática”, available from http://inadi.gob.ar/contenidos-digitales/producto/guia-afrodescendientes/; and “Racismo y Xenofobia. Hacia una Argentina intercultural”, available from www.inadi.gob.ar/contenidos-digitales/wpcontent/uploads/2016/03/racismo-y-xenofobia-hacia-una-argentina-intercultural.pdf.