This virtual event, organised by the UN Antiracism Coalition, aims at providing the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement (EMLER) and OHCHR with a pathway that is grounded in the experiences and perspectives of people on the ground.
What does security and safety look like for Black people? What wisdom do our ancestors who resisted and found new ways to live in community, have to teach us? How do we think beyond policing, to a world where security, safety, justice, and mutuality exists and serves all communities. We look to communities of Africans and people of African descent who have created communities and who have had to grapple with this complex issue: safety vs. freedom. These societies have done a lot to think about what safety, policing, dignity and justice would look like from a community perspective rather than policing based on a culture steeped in anti-Blackness and with the purpose of protecting property and subduing Black subjects.
This virtual event, organised by the UN Antiracism Coalition, aims at providing the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement (EMLER) and OHCHR with a pathway that is grounded in the experiences and perspectives of people on the ground.
Panelists will include advocates from the following communities:
You are welcome to join this discussion, which will be held online in English with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish, French and Portuguese. Click here to register for the event.
Siobhan Wills (Ulster University)
Alejandro Lanz (Temblores)
Ulisses Terto Neto (DHEPP-UEG)
Elvia Duque (Institute on Race, Equality, and Human Rights)
Salma El Hosseiny (ISHR)
Nayara Khaly (UNARC)
Salimah Hankins (UNARC)
The coalition is composed of members from different parts of the world including representatives of social movements, national, regional and international NGOs and international experts.
UNARC is fiscally sponsored by International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) located in Geneva, Switzerland and supported by the Open Society Foundation and the Ford Foundation.
The coalition is composed of members from different parts of the world including representatives of social movements, national, regional and international NGOs and international experts.
UNARC is fiscally sponsored by International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) located in Geneva, Switzerland and supported by the Open Society Foundation and the Ford Foundation.