​​​Sessions

39^th session of the Working Group, 30 November - 03 December 2026
United Nations Headquarters in New York
Documentation

38^th session of the Working Group, 20 – 22 April 2026
UNOG Geneva, Palais des Nations, Room III (two public meetings)
Documentation

37^th session of the Working Group, 10 – 13 November 2025
UNOG Geneva, conference room XII (public meeting)
Documentation

36^th session of the Working Group, 21 – 25 April 2025
United Nations Headquarters in New York, Room CR-6
Documentation

35^th session of the Working Group, 2-6 December 2024
UN Headquaters, New York, USA
Documentation
Focus: Reparatory Justice

34^th session of the Working Group, 22-26 April 2024
Geneva​
Private meeting

33^rd session of the Working Group, 4-8 December 2023
​Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Private meeting

32^nd session of the Working Group 1-5 May 2023
Documentation
Focus: Economic Empowerment of people of African descent

30^th session of the Working Group 23-27 May 2022
Documentation
Focus: Children of African Descent

28^th session of the Working Group 22-26 March 2021 ​
Documentation
Focus: Environmental Justice, the Climate Crisis and People of African Descent

27^th session of the Working Group 30 November to 4 December 2020
Documentation
Focus: The Urgency of Now: Systemic Racism and the Lessons of 2020

26^th session of the Working Group 23-25 November 2020  ​
Regional meetings with civil society
Focus: Strategizing on the way forward at the mid-term of the International Decade for people of African descent

25^th session of the Working Group 9-13 December 2019 ​
Private meeting

24^th session of the Working Group 25-29 March 2019 ​
Documentation
Focus: Data for racial justice

23^rd session of the Working Group 3-7 December 2018 ​
Private meeting

22^nd session of the Working Group 19-23 March 2018 ​
Documentation​​
Focus: Framework for a Declaration on the human rights of people of African descent

21^st session of the Working Group ​20-24 November 2017 ​
Private meeting​

20^th session of the Working Group 3-7 April 2017 ​
Documentation​​
Focus: People of African descent and the Sustainable Development Goals
Consultation with Civil Society

19^th session, 28 November-2 December 2016
Private meeting

18^th session of the Working Group 11-15 April 2016
Documentation
Focus: Interlinkages between recognition, justice and development

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