OHCHR / RACIAL JUSTICE EQUALITY
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People of African descent continue to face immense challenges to meaningful participation in public affairs in many countries due to systemic racism, marginalization and exclusion often rooted in the legacies of enslavement and colonialism, according to a new UN Human Rights Office report. UNTV CH
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STORY: OHCHR / RACIAL JUSTICE EQUALITY
TRT: 02:20
SOURCE: UNTV CH
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS
DATELINE: 05 SEPTEMBER 2023, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
SHOTLIST:
1. Wide shot, exterior, Palais des Nations
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“The report finds that systemic racism continues to affect negatively people of African descent in all aspects of life. Deaths of people of African descent during or after interactions with law enforcement continue, and the report finds that little progress has been made to address impunity – despite protracted struggles by families seeking accountability and effective redress.”
3. Wide shot, briefing room
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“If systemic racism is to be overcome, a critical starting point is for States to ensure that the needs, the experiences and the expertise of people of African descent are central to policymaking, implementation and evaluation.”
5. Wide shot, briefing room
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Nothing about them without them,”
7. Wide shot, briefing room
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Racial abuse and discrimination, surveillance, harassment, intimidation, arrests and violence against people of African descent and civil society actors of African descent hinder meaningful, inclusive and safe participation.”
9. Wide shot, briefing room
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“States need to take firm action to ensure justice and redress in these cases, and to put in place strengthened and independent oversight mechanisms. It is essential that they examine what role racial discrimination, stereotypes and biases play in law enforcement and accountability processes.”
11. Wide shot, briefing room
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“As you know, we have been raising the case of Adama Traore since the previous report that we had put out in 2021. This was one of seven illustrative cases, illustrative of the challenges that families of people of African descent face in seeking truth and justice promptly.”
13. Wide shot, briefing room.
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We have to note that seven years after his death, the family is still waiting for the full truth into his death to be formally established. For corresponding responsibilities and for appropriate measures to be taken to ensure that justice and effective remedy are put in place so that such an incident cannot occur again.”
15. Wide shot, briefing room
STORYLINE:
People of African descent continue to face immense challenges to meaningful participation in public affairs in many countries due to systemic racism, marginalization and exclusion often rooted in the legacies of enslavement and colonialism, according to a new UN Human Rights Office report.
“The report finds that systemic racism continues to affect negatively people of African descent in all aspects of life. Deaths of people of African descent during or after interactions with law enforcement continue, and the report finds that little progress has been made to address impunity – despite protracted struggles by families seeking accountability and effective redress,” Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR) said today (05 Sep) in Geneva.
Quoting the High Commissioner “If systemic racism is to be overcome, States must accelerate action towards meaningful, inclusive and safe participation for people of African descent in every aspect of public affairs. A critical starting point is for States to ensure that the needs, experiences and expertise of people of African descent are central to policymaking, implementation and evaluation,” Shamdasani said.
“Nothing about them without them,” she stated.
The High Commissioner added that data disaggregated by race and ethnic origin is critical to ensure efforts to address systemic racism are grounded in evidence. Yet many countries still do not collect, publish or use such data to inform policymaking.
The report highlights illustrative examples of measures in place to facilitate the participation of people of African descent in public affairs in some countries, but also laments persistent challenges and the lack in many countries of “a safe and enabling environment empowering people of African descent to participate and share their lived experiences and expertise to influence decision-making.
“Racial abuse and discrimination, surveillance, harassment, intimidation, arrests and violence against people of African descent and civil society actors of African descent hinder meaningful, inclusive and safe participation,” Shamdasani said.
The High Commissioner also issued a guidance note to States on effectively implementing the right to participate in public affairs, in which he emphasized the urgent need for targeted State action in this regard.
He called on States to unveil multipronged comprehensive evidence-based legal, policy and institutional approaches to dismantle systemic racism in all areas of life, including in law enforcement.
“States need to take firm action to ensure justice and redress in these cases, and to put in place strengthened and independent oversight mechanisms. It is essential that they examine what role racial discrimination, stereotypes and biases play in law enforcement and accountability processes,” she said.
“As you know, we have been raising the case of Adama Traore since the previous report that we had put out in 2021. This was one of seven illustrative cases, illustrative of the challenges that families of people of African descent face in seeking truth and justice promptly. We have to note that seven years after his death, the family is still waiting for the full truth into his death to be formally established. For corresponding responsibilities and for appropriate measures to be taken to ensure that justice and effective remedy are put in place so that such an incident cannot occur again,” she stated.
The report will be officially presented to the UN Human Rights Council on 5 October.
TRT: 02:20
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS
DATELINE: 05 SEPTEMBER 2023, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
SHOTLIST:
1. Wide shot, exterior, Palais des Nations
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“The report finds that systemic racism continues to affect negatively people of African descent in all aspects of life. Deaths of people of African descent during or after interactions with law enforcement continue, and the report finds that little progress has been made to address impunity – despite protracted struggles by families seeking accountability and effective redress.”
3. Wide shot, briefing room
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“If systemic racism is to be overcome, a critical starting point is for States to ensure that the needs, the experiences and the expertise of people of African descent are central to policymaking, implementation and evaluation.”
5. Wide shot, briefing room
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Nothing about them without them,”
7. Wide shot, briefing room
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Racial abuse and discrimination, surveillance, harassment, intimidation, arrests and violence against people of African descent and civil society actors of African descent hinder meaningful, inclusive and safe participation.”
9. Wide shot, briefing room
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“States need to take firm action to ensure justice and redress in these cases, and to put in place strengthened and independent oversight mechanisms. It is essential that they examine what role racial discrimination, stereotypes and biases play in law enforcement and accountability processes.”
11. Wide shot, briefing room
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“As you know, we have been raising the case of Adama Traore since the previous report that we had put out in 2021. This was one of seven illustrative cases, illustrative of the challenges that families of people of African descent face in seeking truth and justice promptly.”
13. Wide shot, briefing room.
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We have to note that seven years after his death, the family is still waiting for the full truth into his death to be formally established. For corresponding responsibilities and for appropriate measures to be taken to ensure that justice and effective remedy are put in place so that such an incident cannot occur again.”
15. Wide shot, briefing room
STORYLINE:
People of African descent continue to face immense challenges to meaningful participation in public affairs in many countries due to systemic racism, marginalization and exclusion often rooted in the legacies of enslavement and colonialism, according to a new UN Human Rights Office report.
“The report finds that systemic racism continues to affect negatively people of African descent in all aspects of life. Deaths of people of African descent during or after interactions with law enforcement continue, and the report finds that little progress has been made to address impunity – despite protracted struggles by families seeking accountability and effective redress,” Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR) said today (05 Sep) in Geneva.
Quoting the High Commissioner “If systemic racism is to be overcome, States must accelerate action towards meaningful, inclusive and safe participation for people of African descent in every aspect of public affairs. A critical starting point is for States to ensure that the needs, experiences and expertise of people of African descent are central to policymaking, implementation and evaluation,” Shamdasani said.
“Nothing about them without them,” she stated.
The High Commissioner added that data disaggregated by race and ethnic origin is critical to ensure efforts to address systemic racism are grounded in evidence. Yet many countries still do not collect, publish or use such data to inform policymaking.
The report highlights illustrative examples of measures in place to facilitate the participation of people of African descent in public affairs in some countries, but also laments persistent challenges and the lack in many countries of “a safe and enabling environment empowering people of African descent to participate and share their lived experiences and expertise to influence decision-making.
“Racial abuse and discrimination, surveillance, harassment, intimidation, arrests and violence against people of African descent and civil society actors of African descent hinder meaningful, inclusive and safe participation,” Shamdasani said.
The High Commissioner also issued a guidance note to States on effectively implementing the right to participate in public affairs, in which he emphasized the urgent need for targeted State action in this regard.
He called on States to unveil multipronged comprehensive evidence-based legal, policy and institutional approaches to dismantle systemic racism in all areas of life, including in law enforcement.
“States need to take firm action to ensure justice and redress in these cases, and to put in place strengthened and independent oversight mechanisms. It is essential that they examine what role racial discrimination, stereotypes and biases play in law enforcement and accountability processes,” she said.
“As you know, we have been raising the case of Adama Traore since the previous report that we had put out in 2021. This was one of seven illustrative cases, illustrative of the challenges that families of people of African descent face in seeking truth and justice promptly. We have to note that seven years after his death, the family is still waiting for the full truth into his death to be formally established. For corresponding responsibilities and for appropriate measures to be taken to ensure that justice and effective remedy are put in place so that such an incident cannot occur again,” she stated.
The report will be officially presented to the UN Human Rights Council on 5 October.
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