This can only be achieved by “making institutions more representative of the populations they serve, especially at decision-making levels,” she added. “For anti-racism initiatives to be successful, institutional leaders must commit necessary resources and political willpower to transformation,” underscored the independent expert. Achiume expressed her unwavering support for those actively challenging systemic racism within international institutions.

She noted that racially and ethnically marginalized employees in particular, were voluntarily taking on institutional anti-racism work – providing vital leadership without compensation. To achieve this goal, international hierarchies must be disrupted and shifted beyond Euro-centric visions, models and means of economic development.įor anti-racism initiatives to be successful, institutional leaders must commit necessary resources and political willpower – UN expert Altering the debateĭuring her presentation, the Special Rapporteur highlighted racial justice uprisings in 2020, which mobilized the global community and significantly shifted the terms of debate at the United Nations and elsewhere. Her report emphasized the urgent need to decolonize global economic, legal, and political systems. Relentless cycle of inequityĪ vast body of research available, has demonstrated that the international economic, development and financial order has perpetuated human rights problems and economic inequality.Īs such, it has served to dismantle social safety nets in the global South and increase the dependency of formerly colonized peoples, she added. This serious fault has left mainstream international development architecture ill-suited to challenging the status quo, she said. The Special Rapporteur attributed the entrenched challenges of promoting racial equality and justice through development initiatives, to the “racialised origins” of today’s international development structure.Ĭiting the deep racial inequalities revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic, she explained how global economic and financial systems continue to be engines of racially discriminatory “underdevelopment”. “The persistent lack of resources, failure to collect disaggregated data and dearth of political willpower still limit progress toward racial justice in virtually all national and international contexts”. “Racial justice commitments are largely absent from the operationalization of the SDGs, as seen through the lack of racial disaggregation in the SDG Targets and Indicators,” she said. INFO ▶️ /iIjqRYXPQA- UN Human Rights Council 📍 #HRC50 July 5, 2022 Tendayi Achiume told the Human Rights Council's 50th session.

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