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US: Uphold Treaty Against Racial Discrimination
07 Feb 2008 16:39:24 GMT
 Source: Human Rights Watch
(Washington, DC, February 7, 2008) – The United States has failed to comply with its obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. In the 48-page report, Human Rights Watch documents US noncompliance with ICERD in seven key areas. The treaty, ratified by the United States in 1994, requires member governments to take affirmative steps to eliminate discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national or ethnic origin in all areas of public life. The Human Rights Watch report was prepared for submission to the Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination, an international body that monitors and reports on compliance with ICERD. The committee will examine US compliance with ICERD at a session in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 21-22, 2008.

"The convention against racial discrimination was the first major human rights treaty signed by the US," said Alison Parker, deputy director of the US program at Human Rights Watch and the author of the report. "Unfortunately, more than 13 years later, the US has failed to uphold its treaty obligations in several important respects."

The report's findings include:




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