racism

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UN Photo/David Mutua

Racism will not disappear from football stadiums ‘by magic,’ warns UNESCO report

30 November 2015
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the professional Italian association football club Juventus have issued the first exhaustive overview of the effort to tackle and root out discrimination and racism in the world’s most popular spectator sport.
UNICEF Good Will Ambassador, Harry Belafonte, addresses event “Confronting Silence Perspectives and Dialogue on Structural Racism against people of African Descent Worldwide,” November 3, 2015. Video capture UN TV

‘Racial superiority’ myth must be debunked, experts tell UN event on challenges faced by people of African descent

3 November 2015
Debunking the myth of racial hierarchy, United Nations experts on racial discrimination today said that it is imperative to deconstruct, on a global scale, the ideological myth of a superior race and the resulting conviction of a superior culture.
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OSCE

UN rights office deplores racist incident in build-up to European football match

20 February 2015
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has strongly condemned the racist behaviour exhibited by fans of the English football club, Chelsea, during the lead-up to a European match in Paris, France, and urged authorities to “re-energize” their efforts in combatting intolerance.