The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has urged the US to admit the existence of structural racism and 'unequivocally and unconditionally reject and condemn racially motivated killings of African Americans and other minorities.'
Geneva - The US government should publicly admit that structural racism exists in the United States, the UN racism watchdog demanded on Monday.
The committee that is composed of 18 independent experts from around the world called on Washington to step up probes into alleged police misconduct, including excessive force during the ongoing protests against racially motivated police brutality. The Human Rights Council, the top UN rights body, is set to discuss entrenched racism in the US and across the world in a rare extraordinary debate on Wednesday.
The death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis "sparked protests all over the world against the injustice and brutality that People of African Descent face daily in many parts of the world," the African countries said in their proposal letter.
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