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- Title
WHY IS RACIAL INJUSTICE STILL PERMITTED IN THE UNITED STATES?: AN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE ON THE UNITED STATES' INADEQUATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.
- Authors
HERNDON, LISA
- Abstract
The article offers information on the history of race relations and current problems related to racial discrimination faced by the Black Americans in the U.S. It informs that the U.S. has failed to comply with the treaty provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in 1965, even after the development of domestic achievements like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
- Subjects
UNITED States; RACE relations in the United States; RACIAL identity of African Americans; RACE discrimination; CIVIL Rights Act of 1964; VOTING Rights Act of 1965 (U.S.)
- Publication
Wisconsin International Law Journal, 2013, Vol 31, Issue 2, p322
- ISSN
0743-7951
- Publication type
Article