4th Annual Session of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Ad: Venues

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

Room XXVI, Palais des Nations

10:00am • Opening of public consultations. Welcome remarks by EMLER experts.
10:15am • Consultation 1: Assessing the rights of Africans and people of African descent at different stages of the criminal justice proceedings: Before trial
12:15pm • Consultation 2: Assessing the rights of Africans and people of African descent at different stages of the criminal justice proceedings: During trial
3:00pm • Consultation 2 (continuation): Assessing the rights of Africans and people of African descent at different stages of the criminal justice proceedings: During trial
4:15pm • Consultation 3: Assessing the rights of Africans and people of African descent at different stages of the criminal justice proceedings: After trial

Room XXVI, Palais des Nations

10:00am • Consultation 4: The intersection between race and other factors in discrimination against Africans and people of African descent in the criminal justice system
12:15pm • Consultation 5: The root causes of systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent in the criminal justice system
3:00pm • Consultation 5 (continuation): The root causes of systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent in the criminal justice system
4:30pm • General concluding remarks and recommendations. Closing of public consultations.