Tuesday, 21st March, is International Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day. Established by the UN in 1966 to focus on the “urgency of combatting racism and racial discrimination.”
2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which states that “everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms, without distinction of any kind, such as race and colour, among others.”
However, 75 years on, racial discrimination still impacts people worldwide.
In this blog, we take a look at: the laws on racial discrimination, types of discrimination, understanding equity, and striving for racial equality.