Posted on 09/03/2013 8:29:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Special Rapporteur on racism Mutuma Ruteere
A group of United Nations independent experts today called on the Government of the United State to finalize the ongoing review of the case involving the death of teenager Trayvon Martin, an African –American teenager who was shot in 2012 by a neighbourhood watchman in the state of Florida.
“We call upon the US Government to examine its laws that could have discriminatory impact on African Americans, and to ensure that such laws are in full compliance with the country’s international legal obligations and relevant standards,” said human rights expert Verene Shepherd, who currently heads the UN Working Group of Experts of People of African Descent.
The death of Trayvon Martin sparked a new debate about racial profiling in the United States after the unarmed black 17-year-old was shot and killed in Florida by George Zimmerman, a neighbourhood watchman. Mr. Zimmerman, who argued that he acted in self-defence and with justifiable use of deadly force, was found not guilty of all charges against him.
The US Department of Justice, the US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are currently evaluating the evidence generated during the federal investigation, as well as the evidence and testimony from the state trial, trying to establish potential civil rights charges linked to the case.
“The Trayvon Martin case has highlighted the importance of the need to review those existing laws and policies that can have a discriminatory effect on the basis of race, as African Americans become more vulnerable to such discrimination,” Ms. Shepherd said, recalling that the US has been party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights since 1992, the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination since 1994, and many other international human rights law treaties.
“States are required to take effective measures to review governmental, national and local policies, and to amend, rescind or nullify any laws and regulations which have the effect of creating or perpetuating racial discrimination wherever it exists,” said the Special Rapporteur on racism, Mutuma Ruteere.
According to the 2011 US Department of Justice Hate Crime Statistics, 71.9 per cent of the total number of victims of hate crimes reported to the nation’s law enforcement agencies were victims of an offender’s anti-black bias. In a 2012 survey, the local non-governmental organization Malcolm X Grassroots Movement found that at least 136 unarmed African Americans were killed by police, security guards and self-appointed vigilantes over the course of a single year.
Right here is another great example of why we have to stop our government from supporting the United Nations. The U.N. IS the tool of the Left, the tool for their goal of the New World Order. Get rid of the damned U.N., and get their Agenda 21 stealth ICLEI the ‘H’ out of our States, our communities. We have no treaty with them to operate their international rules agenda within our borders.
Ah, just as I thought.
Thank you very much.
Leni
The U.N. can ESAD. The World would be a better place.
Did he review the Shorty Belton case? Didn’t think so.
Just more Black Racism...this time from the ultimate Bedwetter Globalist organization...the UN
If someone assaulted you and you were on your back being pounded would you defend yourself? If yes then you agree with Zimmerman. If no then you are either a dead man walking or a liar.
CC
Wow. I hadn’t realized that all of Kenya’s civil rights problems had been solved, thus freeing Mr. Ruteere to ride to the rescue of all of the poor Americans being deprived of their civil rights.
You just can’t make this stuff up.
bfl, good stuff.
“UN Working Group of Experts” is neither.
Note to the UN on any topic:
SHUT UP!
Instead of looking into a case where a man defended himself against a violent thug and was found innocent, maybe you should look into how Egypt is killing Christians.
Well, this is a surprising development.
“We call upon the US Government to examine its laws that could have discriminatory impact on African Americans, and to ensure that such laws are in full compliance with the country’s international legal obligations and relevant standards,” said human rights expert Verene Shepherd, who currently heads the UN Working Group of Experts of People of African Descent.
The 'unarmed' 17 year old was bashing Zimmerman head against concrete... Only the truly stupid are unaware that a man can be killed WITHOUT a weapon. Zimmerman was being beaten to death. Trayvon was a thug. The jury got it right - and that's our system of justice.
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