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Public consultations: Systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent in the criminal justice system
Room III, Palais des Nations, Geneva, 7-8 May 2025
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General concluding remarks and recommendations. Closing of public consultations.
Thursday May 8, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm BST
Room XXVI, Palais des Nations
In examining how systemic racism affects Africans and people of African descent in the criminal justice system, speakers and participants are invited to discuss obstacles, challenges, lessons learnt and promising initiatives at different stages of the criminal justice proceedings, including before, during and after a trial. They will also explore how race and other intersecting factors contribute to discrimination against, and disproportionate outcomes for, Africans and people of African descent in the criminal justice system as well as the correlation between racial discrimination and the overrepresentation of Africans and people of African descent in detention.
EMLER Experts
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Akua Kuenyehia

EMLER expert (Chair)
On 15 March 2024, the Presidentof the Human Rights Council appointed judge Akua Kuenyehia as new member and Chairperson. She is a former judge who served as first vice-president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2003-2015 and as member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of all For... Read More →
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Tracie Keesee

EMLER expert
On 16 December 2021, the President of the Human Rights Council appointed Dr. Tracie Keesee to serve as expert on the Expert Mechanism. She served for 25 years in the Denver Police Department (retired Jan 2015). She subsequently served as New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) Deputy Commissioner of Training (Feb 2016-Jan 2018) and as NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Equity and Inclusion (Jan 2018-Mar 2019). She served... Read More →
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Víctor Rodríguez Rescia

EMLER expert
On 26 August 2024, the President of the Human Rights Council appointed Víctor Rodríguez Rescia as new member of EMLER. He is President of the Centre for Civil and Political Rights in Geneva, Switzerland, and of the International Institute for Social Responsibility and Human Rights in San Jos... Read More →
Thursday May 8, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm BST
Room XXVI, Palais des Nations
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