UN Committee Elimination of Racial Discrimination Supports the Call for US Compliance On August 29th, 2014, the 85th session of the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) issued its Concluding Observations on the United States (US) compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD). The IITC joined with other organizations in submitting a report on the devastating impacts on reproductive health caused by the US manufacture and export of pesticides it bans for use in its own country. Other IITC reports to CERD addressed US failure to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, failure to protect sacred sites and areas, violations of the rights of Indigenous prisoners and Leonard Peltier, historic and current removal of Indigenous children, and decolonization. The CERD’s recommendations addressed several environmental and reproductive health issues such as clean-up of radioactive and toxic dumpsites and a strong call upon the US to take appropriate measures to prevent the activities of transnational corporations which have adverse effects on the enjoyment of human rights by Indigenous Peoples, and to hold violators accountable. Read the full text of the CERD Concluding Observations regarding the United States: bit.ly/1AQSEmx Read IITC’s Joint Alternative Report on the Export of Banned Pesticides: bit.ly/1xSpXDd Read additional Alternative Reports available on the CERD Web Page: bit.ly/1yUfA05
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 00:49:01 +0000
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