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July 15, 2022 Statement

US: Joint Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Joint Submission by Amnesty International, the Global Justice Center, the Southern Rural Black Women's Initiative for Economic and Social Justice, and Human Rights Watch; 107th Session (August 8 – 30, 2022)

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