ISHR and United Nations Antiracism Coalition (UNARC) delivered a joint statement highlighting the racial discrimination rooted in the legacies of colonialism and the transatlantic trade of enslaved Africans, at the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council, on 11 July 2023.
Nayara Khaly, fellow of UNARC and ISHR delivered the joint statement on systemic racism and EMLER and OHCHR annual reports, on 5 October 2023 during the debate with the EMLER mechanism at the 54th session of the Human Rights Council. Read More
ILEX Acción Jurídica, LabJaca, Colectivo Justicia Racial, Conectas Direitos Humanos, ENAR and International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) delivered a joint statement at the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council denouncing the impacts of systemic racism in law enforcement for Africans and Afrodescendants worldwide and urging states to take action.
During the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Ricardo Lamour on behalf of ISHR and Bout du Monde, urged Canada to implement UPR recommendations it received on addressing systemic racism affecting people of African descent. Read the full statement here.
During the Human Rights Council session 55, Joseph Cherubin, director of MOSCTHA, called on the international community to implement an intensive development plan and to strengthen Haitian social and political organisations.
ISHR and Racismo MX called on States in Latin America to eradicate racial profiling against Afro-descendants. It was delivered during the General Debate (Item 9), at the 55th session of the Human Rights Council.
Michel-Ange Joseph, president of the Fundación Cónclave Investigativo de las Ciencias Jurídicas Y Sociales (CIJYS) read a joint statement on systemic racism against persons of African descent and, particularly, Haitians in Chile, on 6 October 2023 during the General Debate (Item 9), at the 54th session of the Human Rights Council.
Organización Negra Centroamericana (ONECA), and Race and Equality delivered a joint statement on the situation of the Garifuna community of Honduras, at the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council. The statement was read during the 50th meeting (General Debate, item 9).
ISHR, Movimiento Socio Cultural de Trabajadores Haitianos (MOSCTHA), and Race and Equality delivered a joint statement highlighting the discrimination against nationals of Haitian descent in the Dominican Republic, at the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council. The statement was delivered during the 48th meeting of the session.
On 4 October 2022 during the General Debate Item 9 of HRC51, ISHR and LabJaca delivered a joint statement highlighting the disproportionate killing of Brazil’s Black population, in particular the massacre in Jacarezinho last year.
Implementation Team for the Decade in Spain, Asociación Elín, International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), and 108 organizations in Europe, the Americas and Africa delivered a joint statement at the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council denouncing the systematic and indiscriminate violence against Africans by law enforcement of Morocco and Spain, and demanding investigations, justice and reparations.
Jamil Dakwar, director of the ACLU Human Rights Program, delivers a statement during the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council, which held an interactive dialogue on Item 9: Enhanced interactive dialogue on the report of the High Commissioner and the report of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement.
At the annual panel discussion on the adverse impacts of climate change on human rights, woman human rights defender Yannia Visuetti delivered a statement where she linked business practices to climate change and its adverse effects on human rights. Webpiece HERE.
Redes da Maré and Conexão G (UNARC) and ISHR urge Brazil and all States to strongly commit to racial justice and eliminate systemic racism. The statement was delivered during the Interactive Dialogue (Item 9), at the 56th session of the Human Rights Council. Webpiece HERE.
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