US Slammed for Failure to Fulfill Legal Obligation to Eliminate All Forms of Race Discrimination
Category: POLITICS
Three weeks after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, the CERD published a scathing report detailing how the U.S. has failed to fulfill its legal obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Since the U.S. ratified this treaty, it is part of U.S. law.
By Marjorie Cohn, ContributorProfessor Emerita, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 2014-09-09