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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(21 March 2007)
 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
Council of Europe calls for fair and balanced coverage of migrant issues in the media(21.03.07)
Russian Federation: Racism and xenophobia rife in Russian society(4.05.06)
International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination(21.03.06)
ECRI releases four new reports on racism in Estonia, Lithuania, Romania and Spain(21.02.06)
Czech Republic: Report by Ombudsman on the coercive sterilisation of Romani women(11.01.06)
Special Rapporteur on Racism to visit Switzerland(6.01.06)
New report on human rights of Roma in France(3.12.05)
Council of Europe concerned about mounting anti-Gypsy feelings in Europe(7.04.05)
France: Justice fails victims of police brutality(6.04.05)
Political parties should be strongest allies in achieving a society free of racism, says Council of Europe(22.03.05)
UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination meets with Special Rapporteur on Right to Health(11.03.05)
Intolerance and discrimination against muslims in the EU(7.03.05)
Hungary: Constitutional Court strikes down discriminatory housing decree(3.03.05)
European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance publishes five country monitoring reports(15.02.05)
Bulgaria: Courts act to suppress discrimination against Roma(30.09.04)
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.
The
Struggle Against Discrimination: A Collection of International Instruments
Adopted by the United Nations System (by UNESCO)
Anti-Slavery
Fact Sheets
Useful Links
Fighting
Everyday Racism (Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights)
World
Conference Against Racism
Links
to organisations that are involved in preventing and combating racism
and racial discrimination
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