UN Faults US on Racism

from Human Rights Watch via AlertNet

The United States should immediately adopt UN recommendations to alleviate the widespread racial bias it found in the criminal justice system, Human Rights Watch said today. The UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination harshly criticized the US record on race after considering oral and written testimony submitted by the US government. In its conclusions issued today, the committee urged the US to rectify the "stark racial disparities" in criminal justice systems throughout the country.

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