Achieving racial justice

Context

The imperative of achieving racial justice gained global prominence amidst 20th-century decolonization, the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, and anti-apartheid struggles. International consensus deepened through United Nations instruments such as the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965). Renewed attention has emerged from worldwide protests against systemic racism, prompting expanded scrutiny of both overt and structural inequalities within legal, economic, and social systems across continents. (https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-convention-elimination-all-forms-racial)