Activities of the Working Group 2014, para. 57
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- The Working Group stresses the need to address the persistence of racial discrimination among judicial and law enforcement officials, which affects the application of the law and the functioning of the criminal justice system and contributes to an unfair overrepresentation of people of African descent among persons in detention. The Working Group notes that people of African descent are often subjected to longer sentences than other individuals who have committed the same offence. The practice of racially profiling youth of African descent leaves them disproportionately policed, prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned compared to the rest of the population.
- Status juridique
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organe
- Working Group of experts on people of African descent
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- Youth
- Année
- 2014
- Type de paragraphe
- Conclusion / Recommendation
- Reference
- WG People of African Descent, Report to the HRC (2014), A/HRC/27/68, para. 57.
- Paragraph info
- Conclusion / Recommendation
- Paragraph number
- 57
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