B. Country visits

The Committee also stated that two visits by the sending State's embassy in three months, the first only some five weeks after the return of the person and under the supervision of the detaining authorities, indicated an absence of sufficiently serious efforts to monitor the implementation of the guarantees received.

The methods of work developed by the Working Group include the following Annual sessions based on a thematic approach to discuss specific subjects topics relevant to the situation of people of African descent and Africans in all parts of the world Country visits upon the invitation of Governments, in order to facilitate in depth understanding of the situation of people of African descent in various regions of the world, and to collect and promote good practices.