The U.N. Has A Plan to Help Joe Biden Fight Police Racism in America

The United Nations's human rights agency has shared with Newsweek a plan to help President Joe Biden combat systemic racism among law enforcement in the United States,.

Human Rights Council "established an international independent expert mechanism on promoting and protecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and people of African descent against excessive use of force and other human rights violations by law enforcement officers.".

"A country visit would be an opportunity to interact with the United States Government, as well as with various stakeholders including civil society organizations, social movements, people subject to racial discrimination, as well as members of vulnerable communities," she said.

Among the "priority issues" Achiume has identified in the leadup to her trip, for which no date has yet been set, are "Analysis of legislation, policies and practices adopted by the State to combat racial discrimination; Impact of racial discrimination and systemic racism on the exercise and enjoyment of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights; and Racial discrimination in the administration of justice.".

"But for real change to happen, people of African descent and their communities need to be at the center of shaping reforms.

We therefore recommend that countries, including the United States, undertake national dialogues with the meaningful participation of people of African descent, and come up with action plans and concrete measures to address the specific histories, lived experiences and current realities of people of African descent in the US.".

Human Rights Office did just that in its own efforts to understand and analyze the scope of institutional racism and its societal side effects, not only in the U.S.

"Such an approach can help ensure that the increased attention on racial discrimination against people of African descent leads to real change.

These four areas are summed up as "STEP UP: Stop denying and start dismantling; PURSUE JUSTICE: End impunity and build trust; LISTEN UP: People of African descent must be heard; REDRESS: Confront past legacies, take special measures and deliver reparatory justice.".

Human Rights Office has outlined five steps.

"They include making sure that any time that a person of African descent dies or is injured by law enforcement officials, an independent and timely investigation takes place to determine who should be held responsible," Hurtado said.

She also discussed "an urgent need to build trust between people of African descent and law enforcement agencies.".

There is also an urgent need to build trust between people of African descent and law enforcement agencies.".

Only half of the white respondents and 54% of Hispanic respondents said the same of whether police discriminated against Black people as such.

At least 229 Black people, likely an underestimate, were killed by law enforcement in the span of a year since Floyd's death and May 25 of this year.

And while far smaller minorities of white and Hispanic respondents expressed that Black people were treated unfairly in these other five situations, these figures have grown over time for all three racial categories included in the poll

"Despite the adoption of the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination more than 60 years ago, racism continues to be entrenched in all societies," Achiume said