Measures should be adopted to prevent questioning, arrests and searches that are in reality based solely on the physical appearance of a person, that person's colour, features, membership of a racial or ethnic group, or any profiling that exposes him or her to greater suspicion.
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)
Civil & Political Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2014
Paragraph type
Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
WG People of African Descent, Report to the UNGA (2014), A/69/318, para. 71.