UN EXPERTS URGE UNITED STATES TO WRAP UP REVIEW OF TRAYVON MARTIN CASE, EXAMINE LAWS

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Date: 3 Sep 2013 16:00:00 -0400
Subject: UN EXPERTS URGE UNITED STATES TO WRAP UP REVIEW OF TRAYVON
MARTIN CASE, EXAMINE LAWS
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UN EXPERTS URGE UNITED STATES TO WRAP UP REVIEW OF TRAYVON MARTIN
CASE, EXAMINE LAWSNew York, Sep 3 2013 4:00PMA group of United
Nations independent experts today called on the Government of the
United State to finalize the ongoing review of the case involving the
death of teenager Trayvon Martin, an African –American teenager who
was shot in 2012 by a neighbourhood watchman in the state of Florida.

"We call upon the US Government to examine its laws that could have
discriminatory impact on African Americans, and to ensure that such
laws are in full compliance with the country's international legal
obligations and relevant standards,"
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human rights expert Verene Shepherd, who currently heads the UN
Working Group of Experts of People of African Descent.

The death of Trayvon Martin sparked a new debate about racial
profiling in the United States after the unarmed black 17-year-old was
shot and killed in Florida by George Zimmerman, a neighbourhood
watchman. Mr. Zimmerman, who argued that he acted in self-defence and
with justifiable use of deadly force, was found not guilty of all
charges against him.

The US Department of Justice, the US Attorney's Office for the Middle
District of Florida and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are
currently evaluating the evidence generated during the federal
investigation, as well as the evidence and testimony from the state
trial, trying to establish potential civil rights charges linked to
the case.

"The Trayvon Martin case has highlighted the importance of the need to
review those existing laws and policies that can have a discriminatory
effect on the basis of race, as African Americans become more
vulnerable to such discrimination," Ms. Shepherd said, recalling that
the US has been party to the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights since 1992, the International Convention on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination since 1994, and many other
international human rights law treaties.

"States are required to take effective measures to review
governmental, national and local policies, and to amend, rescind or
nullify any laws and regulations which have the effect of creating or
perpetuating racial discrimination wherever it exists," said the
Special Rapporteur on racism, Mutuma Ruteere.

According to the 2011 US Department of Justice Hate Crime Statistics,
71.9 per cent of the total number of victims of hate crimes reported
to the nation's law enforcement agencies were victims of an offender's
anti-black bias. In a 2012 survey, the local non-governmental
organization <i>Malcolm X Grassroots Movement</i> found that at least
136 unarmed African Americans were killed by police, security guards
and self-appointed vigilantes over the course of a single year.Sep 3
2013 4:00PM
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