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Honoring the Contributions of Gay McDougall: CERD & Bringing the International Fight Against Discrimination to the United States
September 3, 2020 @ 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Join the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination for a webinar on Thursday, September 3, 2020 from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET to honor Ms. Gay McDougall and her contribution to the international fight against racial discrimination.
Ms. McDougall has served in several critical roles at the United Nations advancing the rights of minority groups worldwide. She was the first UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues, the Special Rapporteur on the issue of systematic rape and sexual slavery practices in armed conflict for the UN Sub-Commission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, and most recently, the Vice Chair of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
In honoring Ms. McDougall, this webinar will also examine how activists, academics, and U.S. civil society can use United Nations mechanisms to hold the United States to account for enduring racial injustices and inequities. As racism and xenophobia continue to blight the lives of millions of people in the US and elsewhere, the demand for innovative and additional United Nations action grows louder.
Featuring remarks from:
Ms. Gay McDougall
Ms. E. Tendayi Achiume, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
Mr. Justin Hansford, Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law
Jamil Dakwar, Director of ACLU Human Rights Program
Please register at: https://forms.gle/2wCMRGZHyWtwK5EZ8. A Zoom link will be sent to you the week of the event.
Hosted by: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in New York, the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law, the Schell Center for Human Rights, Yale Law Women, and the Black Law Students Association at Yale Law School, and the Leitner Center on International Law and Justice and the Center for Race, Law, and Justice at Fordham University Law School.
Please reach out to Tasnim Motala, tasnim.motala@howard.edu, with any questions.