Black Lives Matter: reviewing US systemic racism under CERD and CAT

A webinar presented by the IBA Human Rights Law Committee, supported by the IBA Rule of Law Forum, the IBA's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), the American Bar Association (ABA), American Society of International Law (ASIL), ASIL Minority in International Law Interest Group, ASIL Human Rights IG and the ABA Human Rights Committee, International Law Section

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This expert panel will discuss the international human rights implications and possibilities of redress concerning US systemic racism and police brutality, under the UN Conventions against Torture (CAT) and against the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination (CERD).

Webinar resourceses

Tendayi Achiume

Nawi Ukabiala

Justin Hansford

www.repository.uchastings

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC
Director, IBA’s Human Rights Institute, London

Federica D'Alessandra
Oxford Institute for Ethics Law and Armed Conflict, Oxford; Co-Chair, IBA Human Rights Law Committee

Nawi Ukabiala
Debevoise & Plimpton, New York

Tendayi Achiume
United Nations special rapporteur on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Los Angeles, California

Justin Hansford
Professor of Law, Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, Howard Law School, Washington, DC

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Black Lives Matter: reviewing US systemic racism under CERD and CAT