Sixty years ago, the world tried to stop racial discrimination and failed

60 years ago, the world tried to outlaw racial discrimination. Global action is still needed

This month marks 60 years since the UN General Assembly adopted the International Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), one of the first foundational international human rights treaties.  The way the story is often told is that Western countries gifted human rights to the world and are the sole guardians of it. It may come as a surprise for some, then, that the international legal framework for prohibiting…

Sixty years ago, the world tried to stop racial discrimination and failed

Decades after the passing of the UN convention on the elimination of discrimination, systemic racism is still rampant.