UN Rights Body Should Greenlight Global Racism Probe

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Delegates attend a session on racism and police brutality, a resolution in the wake of the death of George Floyd, at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland on June 19, 2020. © 2020 Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via REUTERS Within the next week, the United Nations Human Rights Council will consider whether to adopt a resolution by its African Group on systemic racism and police brutality, a landmark effort to deal with the deeply rooted legacy of racism around the world. In the past few days, the draft resolution has faced considerable pushback from…

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