The rationale for the focus of the fourteenth session is that the legacies of the slave trade, enslavement, colonialism, racial hierarchy and inequality are reflected even today in the justice system.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Working Group of experts on people of African descent
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
N.A.
Year
2014
Paragraph type
Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
WG People of African Descent, Report to the HRC (2014), A/HRC/27/68, para. 41.