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A/77/549: Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, E. Tendayi Achiume - Ecological crisis, climate justice and racial justice

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In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, E. Tendayi Achiume, highlights the racially discriminatory and unjust roots and consequences of environmental degradation, including climate change. In the report, she explains why there can be no meaningful mitigation or resolution of the global ecological crisis without specific action to address systemic racism, in particular the historic and contemporary racial legacies of colonialism and slavery.

Lived experiences key to achieve racial justice and equality

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Activists against racism and citizens in general demonstrate against police violence, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 01 June 2022. People protested after the death of Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, a black man diagnosed with schizophrenia, at the hands of the Police. © EPA-EFE/Fernando Bizerra
“My experience of a life impacted by racism and racial discrimination and inequality, and the indignity that goes with it, was sufficient motivation for me to take the opportunity to be part of efforts towards eliminating racism in the context of law enforcement”, said Yvonne Mokgoro, Chair of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the context of Law Enforcement. Mokgoro was part of a dialogue with member States on racism and racial injustice during a meeting of the Human Rights Council – which featured for the first time people directly affected by such injustice addressing the Council.

A/77/512: Combating 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, E. Tendayi Achiume

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In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, E. Tendayi Achiume, summarizes information received from...