Africa: Reparations 'Key to Dismantling Systemic Racism' - UN Rights Chief

Africa: Reparations 'Key to Dismantling Systemic Racism' - UN Rights Chief

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has described reparatory justice for colonialism, enslavement and the trade in enslaved Africans as "key to dismantling systemic racism."

Top United Nations Human Rights official points to reparations as the 'key to dismantling systemic racism'

A top United Nations (UN) official on Tuesday pointed to reparations as the "key to dismantling systemic racism." The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, applauded reparations efforts across the world while speaking at the fifth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of…

Top United Nations Human Rights official points to reparations as the 'key to dismantling systemic racism' – Democratic Accent

A top United Nations (UN) official on Tuesday pointed to reparations as the “key to dismantling systemic racism.” The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, applauded reparations efforts across the world while speaking at the fifth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.  The efforts that Türk lauded during his speech were “anti-discrimination laws, the creation of independent human rights and equality instit…

Reparations ‘key to dismantling systemic racism’ says, UN rights chief Volker Türk

NEW YORK, USA – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has described reparatory justice for colonialism, enslavement and the trade in enslaved Africans as “key to dismantling systemic racism.” Speaking on Tuesday at the fifth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, he lauded the advances in racial justice and equality that have been made over the past decades. These include the adoption of anti-discrimina…

Reparations ‘key to dismantling systemic racism’: UN rights chief

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has described reparatory justice for colonialism, enslavement and the trade in enslaved Africans as “key to dismantling systemic racism.”