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TechnoratiRacial Discrimination
During its Consideration of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Periodic Reports ofthe United States of America
CERD 72nd Session
I.
Summary
II.
Violation of the Obligation to Review Governmental Policies and to Propagate
the Principles of ICERD: Article 2.1
Convention
Standards and Concerns
Illustration:
Constituent States of the United States are Unaware of ICERD..
Failure
to inform states about ICERD..
Failure
to review state policies
Recommendations
to the Committee
III.
Violation of the Right to Equality before the Law: Article 5
Convention
Standards and Concerns
Illustration:
Discriminatory Treatment of Haitian Refugees
Inequality
before the law on the high seas and in US territorial waters
Inequality
before the law after arrival and in refugee resettlement
Recommendations
to the Committee
IV.
Violation of the Right to Equal Treatment before the Courts: Article 5(a)
Convention
Standards and Concerns
Illustration:
Racial Disparities in the Sentencing of Youth to Life without Parole
Recommendations
to the Committee
V.
Violation of the Right to Non-Discrimination in Protection against Bodily Harm:
Article 5(b)
Convention
Standards and Concerns
Illustration:
Corporal Punishment in US Public Schools
Recommendations
to the Committee
VI.
Violation of the Right to Non-Discrimination in the Enjoyment of the Right to
Family Unity: Article 5(c)
Convention
Standards and Concerns
Illustration:
Failure to Protect the Family Unity and Nonrefoulement
Rights of Non-Citizens Deported for Crimes
Recommendations
to the Committee
VII.
Violation of the Right to Non-Discrimination in the Enjoyment of the Right to
Health: Article 5(e)(iv)
Convention
Standards and Concerns
Illustration:
Racial Disparities in the Prevalence of HIV/AIDS
Recommendations
to the Committee
VIII.
Violation of the Right to Non-Discrimination in the Enjoyment of Effective
Protection against Arbitrary and Indefinite Detention and to Fair Trial
Procedures: Article 6
Convention
Standards and Concerns
Illustration:
Non-Citizens Denied the Right to Adequate Judicial Review of Detention
Decisions and to Fair Trial Procedures
Recommendations
to the Committee
IX.
Acknowledgments
X.
Appendices