A/HRC/24/24 investigators and social workers) dealing with violence issues or providing assistance and support to victims. 21. The Government of Namibia suggested that, in light of the proposed International Decade for People of African Descent, a target sector could be people of African descent and in particular their right to development and their economic, social and cultural rights. 22. The Government of Portugal proposed that the third phase focus on economic, social and cultural rights, as it identified a lack of knowledge in this area at the national level, and considered this to be also a general trend internationally. As specific target sectors, Portugal suggested national human rights institutions, public prosecutors, judges, lawyers and members of NGOs, bearing in mind their role in promoting a better understanding and the justiciability of those rights. It also mentioned as a target audience civil servants, to ensure that public policies are embedded with a greater human rights focus. Portugal added that previous efforts concerning the school systems should continue, extending them to preschool and including in the school curricula economic, social and cultural rights and in particular the fight against poverty and social inclusion; a focus could be on training of teachers, trainers and other education professionals. It also highlighted the importance of training policymakers, legislators, media professionals, NGOs and local communities’ institutions. Specific thematic areas could include the fight against discrimination and social inequalities; the promotion of safe learning environments; and the social responsibility of the media. 23. The Government of Romania suggested targeting students and teachers of primary and secondary schools, with a thematic focus on human rights and children’s rights through non-formal education and extracurricular activities, as well as influential actors able to promote public awareness of democratic citizenship and human rights. 24. The Government of the Republic of Serbia suggested that the third phase should focus on human rights training for the judiciary, in particular on domestic application of ratified international human rights treaties. 25. The Government of Sudan proposed as target groups the media, human rights defenders and victims of trafficking. Thematic areas could include freedom of opinion and expression, rights and limitations; the role of the media in the promotion and protection of human rights; and socioeconomic rights and trafficking in persons. 26. The Government of Uruguay suggested as target sectors people with limited access to their rights, particularly the poor as well as adolescents, young people and adults involved in non-formal and formal education, and human rights defenders, including educators. Themes that could be addressed are the universality of human rights as a condition for affirming specific identities and respect for diversity; access to quality public education for children and youth from excluded social layers, to facilitate their social integration; and the identification of human rights violations in the institutional practices of democratic institutions, considered a less visible but recurrent phenomenon. III. Responses from national human rights institutions 27. The Australian Human Rights Commission underscored the need to continue implementation of human rights education within the sectors highlighted during the first and second phases of the World Programme, considering the challenges that still remain at the national level; in this regard, the Commission offered its perspectives regarding the Australian context. In addition, the Commission advocated for the following options as focus areas for the third phase: human rights and the Internet; business and human rights; 7