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STORY: OHCHR / RACISM HUMAN RIGHTS
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SOURCE: OHCHR
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 2 JULY 2018, GENEVA
RECENT – GENEVA, SWIZERLAND
1. Wide shot, UN Flags
2 JULY 2018, GENEVA
2. Wide shot, Achiume walking
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tendayi Achiume, UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance:
“People who are stateless have trouble accessing education, employment, healthcare benefits. They also at very high risk of trafficking and the relationship between racial equality is that the leading cause of statelessness is actually discrimination – discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity and religion. So what you have is that the groups that are worst off on account of statelessness are actually determined on the basis of their race and ethnicity and their national origin, and sometimes their religion.”
4.Wide shot, Human Rights Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tendayi Achiume, UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance:
“The effects of ethno nationalism are toxic and are widespread. We are living at a time when ethno nationalism ideologies are being mainstreamed and so you will see in the media, you’ll see in public discourse, it’s become very comfortable, very acceptable to say a particular nation is only for a particular racial group, or a particular religion and that kind of discourse is completely unacceptable, from a human rights perspective.”
FILE – UNHCR - OCOTBER, 2017
6. Various shots, Rohyinga refugees
2 JULY 2018, GENEVA
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Tendayi Achiume, UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance:
“The effects are extreme. You have people who are being killed, if you think about the Rohingya people who are displaced and experience torture and killings all on account of ethno-nationalists.”
8. Med shot, Achiume talking
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Tendayi Achiume, UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance:
“But those at risk are not limited to Jews, you have Muslims, minorities of all other kinds, sexual minorities, you have persons with disabilities who all end up being vulnerable to resurgent neo-Nazism ideology.”
8. Close up, Achiume hands
FILE - OHCHR – VARIOUS LOCATIONS, OCOTBER, 2015
9. Various shots, people on the street
2 JULY 2018, GENEVA
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Tendayi Achiume, UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance:
“States need to take a much firmer stand against racial discrimination, ethnic discrimination, religious discrimination, in the case of non-citizens who are in their countries, who are approaching their countries.”
FILE - OHCHR – VARIOUS LOCATIONS, OCOTBER, 2015
11. Various shots, people on the street
2 JULY 2018, GENEVA
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Tendayi Achiume, UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance:
“Speak out against hate, dismantle the structures that are doing the work of discrimination – in the context of national security and especially economic anxieties as well. States must be very careful, to ensure that they are upholding their commitments to racial equality.”
FILE - OHCHR – VARIOUS LOCATIONS, OCOTBER, 2015
13. Various shots, people on the street
UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Tendayi Achiume said “the effects of ethno nationalism are toxic and are widespread,” adding that it could lead to “extreme violent actions.”
During an interview in Geneva, Achiume said “we are living at a time when ethno nationalism ideologies are being mainstreamed and so you will see in the media, you’ll see in public discourse, it’s become very comfortable, very acceptable to say a particular nation is only for a particular racial group, or a particular religion and that kind of discourse is completely unacceptable, from a human rights perspective.” She added “the effects are extreme. You have people who are being killed, if you think about the Rohingya people who are displaced and experience torture and killings all on account of ethno-nationalists.”
The Special Rapporteur attributed the Rohingya crisis of displacement and attacks to ethno nationalism, is a form of discrimination, charging that it is one of the root causes of Statelessness. She said “people who are stateless have trouble accessing education, employment, healthcare benefits. They also at very high risk of trafficking and the relationship between racial equality is that the leading cause of statelessness is actually discrimination – discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity and religion. So what you have is that the groups that are worst off on account of statelessness are actually determined on the basis of their race and ethnicity and their national origin, and sometimes their religion.”
Achiume also noted “but those at risk are not limited to Jews, you have Muslims, minorities of all other kinds, sexual minorities, you have persons with disabilities who all end up being vulnerable to resurgent neo-Nazism ideology.”
The UN Special Rapporteur called on States to act and stop violating the rights of migrants, indigenous peoples, refugees and minority groups – by using them as scapegoats for economic crisis and the fight against terrorism. She said “states need to take a much firmer stand against racial discrimination, ethnic discrimination, religious discrimination, in the case of non-citizens who are in their countries, who are approaching their countries.” Achiume added “Speak out against hate, dismantle the structures that are doing the work of discrimination – in the context of national security and especially economic anxieties as well. States must be very careful, to ensure that they are upholding their commitments to racial equality.”
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