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Racism and racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance all occur on a daily basis, hindering progress for millions of people around the world. Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the International Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (1965), the United Nations has made the struggle against racism a matter of ...
Jul 15, 2022 · Xenophobia is often explicitly racialised, targeting low-income Black migrants and refugees and, in some cases, South African citizens accused of being “too Black to be South African.” In one highly publicised incident in April 2022, a 43-year-old Zimbabwean national and father of four was killed in Diepsloot by a group going door-to-door demanding to see visas.
Nov 21, 2021 · Amid the turmoil and crisis the world is experiencing as a result of the pandemic, there also appears to be a rising tide of racism and xenophobia across every region, with frightening implications. Despite the commitments made by governments – and the principled work of many activists and human rights defenders – racism and other forms of discrimination, including anti-Semitism and ...
of xenophobia. “Xenophobia is the intense dislike or fear of strangers or people from other countries”. ILO, IOM, OHCHR, in consultation with UNHCR, International Migration, Racism, Discrimination and Xenophobia, August 2001 “Xenophobia consists of highly negative perceptions and practices that discriminate against non-citizen groups on ...
Apr 4, 2023 · A/HRC/56/67: Combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance - Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Ashwini K.P.
Oct 4, 2022 · The general debate on agenda item nine on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance: follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, started in the previous meeting and a summary can be found here. The webcast of the Human Rights Council meetings can be found here.
Mar 3, 2022 · Racism. GENEVA (3 March 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, Tendayi Achiume, today expressed grave concerns about racist threats and xenophobic treatment against non-white people fleeing Ukraine. She issues the following statement:
Mar 20, 2018 · Human Rights Council AFTERNOON . 20 March 2018. The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance, after hearing the presentation of reports by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination on its ...
Aug 23, 2012 · Combat xenophobia, discrimination and intolerance at all costs. “The growing diversity of cultures within societies was presenting great challenges to governments, politicians, national human rights institutions and civil society actors in virtually every country and every region of the world,” according to United Nations Deputy High ...
12. Proclaim together our strong determination to make the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and the protection of the victims thereof, a high priority for our countries. 3 Resolution 217 A (III). 4 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, No. 9464. 113.
