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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March 2002)
 On 21 March 1960, in the township of Sharpeville, South Africa, police
opened fire and killed 69 people who were peacefully demonstrating against
apartheid's "pass laws." The United Nations General Assembly subsequently
declared that day, 21 March, the International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination, and called on the international community not
only to commemorate that tragedy, but also to work together to combat
racism and discrimination wherever they exist.
News
UN Secretary General wants new ways to address racism, intolerance
Serbia: Ethnic Albanians, Bosniacs, Roma still do not enjoy equality
Useful Links
The Struggle Against Discrimination: A Collection of International Instruments Adopted by the United Nations System (by UNESCO)
World Conference Against Racism
Official UN site of the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
Anti-Slavery Fact Sheets
Selected learning materials
Discrimination, Human Rights and You. Teacher's Manual
This a sample lesson from Chapter Two: Discrimination form the manual "Discrimination, Human Rights and You: Teacher's Manual", developed in a human rights education project in Alberta, Canada. The goal of this lesson is to help students distinguish between discrimination, prejudice and stereotyping.
Learning Activities for Use With Young People to Explore the Issue of Discrimination
These five lesson activities, developed by Amnesty International, explore the issue of discrimination using discussion, group exercise, project work and a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The international basis for intercultural education including
anti-racist and human rights education
The goal of this publication is to make international human rights treaties more known and particularly those that consider teaching and education as effective means to shape international human rights standards into reality.
United Nations Guide for Minorities
This guide has been prepared with a view to assisting minorities in understanding how to seek protection of their rights through the different procedures existing at the international and regional levels. Practical advice is also given on how to take legal action where members of minorities consider that their rights under a particular treaty have been violated.
Using the international human rights system to combat racial
discrimination. A Handbook by Amnesty International
This handbook is intended to be of use to non-governmental organisations and others who wish to address and combat racial discrimination.
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