A Cross-City Report on Obstacles to U.S. Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination & how Human Rights Cities Can be a Remedy-Shadow Report on the 10th -12th Periodic Reports of the United States for the 107th Session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Geneva)

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  • A Cross-City Report on Obstacles to U.S. Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination & how Human Rights Cities Can be a Remedy-Shadow Report on the 10th -12th Periodic Reports of the United States for the 107th Session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Geneva)
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  • To inform the work of the CERD Committee, this report presents recent evidence and scholarly analyses from cities across the United States that demonstrate leading obstacles to U.S. compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). We draw from the Concluding observations from the 2014 7th-9th periodic report of the United States, focusing in particular on the continued and urgent need for the United States government to improve its response to the following CERD Committee recommendations: 1) in par. 5(a) to adapt the legal definition of racial discrimination to include discriminatory effects, in accordance with article 1, paragraph 1, of the Convention; 2) in par. 5(b) to strengthen legal protections against discriminatory actions by private actors; and 3) in par. 5(c) to improve the U.S. system of monitoring and response to prevent and challenge situations of racial discrimination. We illustrate—drawing from the work of human rights cities across the United States and around the world—how the human rights city approach can help to improve local action in conformity with CERD provisions and otherwise strengthen government institutions, civil society, and culture in ways that prevent discrimination and improve responsiveness to human rights abuse and neglect.
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U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, and Smith, Jackie. A Cross-city Report On Obstacles to U.s. Implementation of the Convention On the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination & How Human Rights Cities Can Be a Remedy-shadow Report On the 10th -12th Periodic Reports of the United States for the 107th Session of the United Nations Committee On the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (geneva). Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights-CERD Committee. 2022. d-scholarship.pitt.edu/concern/generic_works/277f1afb-6e6d-4416-b6fa-7dea936cfd9a.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

U. H. R. C. Alliance, & S. Jackie. (2022). A Cross-City Report on Obstacles to U.S. Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination & how Human Rights Cities Can be a Remedy-Shadow Report on the 10th -12th Periodic Reports of the United States for the 107th Session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Geneva). https://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/concern/generic_works/277f1afb-6e6d-4416-b6fa-7dea936cfd9a

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U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, and Smith, Jackie. A Cross-City Report On Obstacles to U.s. Implementation of the Convention On the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination & How Human Rights Cities Can Be a Remedy-Shadow Report On the 10th -12th Periodic Reports of the United States for the 107th Session of the United Nations Committee On the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (geneva). Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights-CERD Committee. 2022. https://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/concern/generic_works/277f1afb-6e6d-4416-b6fa-7dea936cfd9a.

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