Event to discuss the connection between racism and the war on drugs
The online event will take place on Friday [18]; Sign up:
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On Friday (18), starting at 9.30am, ISHR (International Human Rights Service), Cels and Conectas Human Rights are organising an online event to discuss “The abolition of structural racism against Afro-descendants and Africans in drug policy”. Registration for the event can be done via this link.
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This event is taking place in parallel with the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. The objective is to discuss the connection between the ´war on drugs´, racism and human rights-based policies, as well as debating the role of the UN agencies that work on drugs, in the review of legal benchmarks and policies that result in discriminatory tools.
Those participating in the debate include: Sara Hamood, from OHCHR (The Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights), Salimah Hankins, from the Anti-Racism Coalition, Ojeaku Nwabuzo, from the European Network Against Racism and Fransérgio Goulart, from the Right to Memory and Racial Justice Initiative. Moderation by Luciana Pol, from Cels.
