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Racismo: las raíces económicas de la discriminación (2001)
Introducción
El presente informe fue elaborado dentro del contexto de la la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas del 2001 sobre el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia. El informe analiza el desafío de la discriminación arraigada y su vinculación con la pobreza. En él se argumenta que es necesario emprender acciones coordinadas en diversas áreas de políticas con el objetivo de poner fin a la exclusión racial y económica. Asimismo, el estudio determina algunas de las políticas que se deben combinar con el fin de poder ejecutar cambios de largo plazo.
Equipo de investigación
La información biográfica que se presenta a continuación corresponde al período durante el cual se realizó la investigación
Director de investigación
Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, Director de Investigación, CIEDH, 1998-2004. Para obtener mayor información sobre este proyecto, comuníquese con Fairouz El Tom, Oficial de Investigación y Publicaciones, CIEDH.
Robert Archer, Director Ejecutivo del CIEDH, también contribuyó en la elaboración del informe.
Investigador principal
Stephanie Farrior, fue la Relatora de la reunión. Elaboró un resumen que sirvió de base para el presente informe. Durante la investigación, Stephanie Farrior era profesora de derecho internacional en la Pennsylvania State University. Fue también directora del Programa de Organizaciones Jurídicas e Internacionales de Amnistía Internacional. Asimismo, ha sido miembro de la junta directiva del Center for Justice and Accountability y de un State Chapter de la American Civil Liberties Union. Además, ha laborado como especialista jurídica en varias misiones de derechos humanos en Yemen, India, Malawi y Pakistán, además de colaborar con el Fondo Educativo y de Defensa Jurídica de México y los Estados Unidos. Stephanie Farrior obtuvo una maestría en derecho de la Harvard Law School, así como una maestría (M.LL.) de la University of Pennsylvania y un doctorado en ciencias jurídicas (J.D.) de American University. Ha publicado una gran cantidad de artículos sobre derecho internacional de derechos humanos en revistas como el_Harvard Human Rights Journal_ y el Berkeley Journal of International Law.
Morris Lipson, consultor, también contribuyó con la redacción y la edición del informe.
Investigadores
Diego Iturralde, Coordinador de la División de Investigación Aplicada, Instituto Inter-Americano de Derechos Humanos, Costa Rica.
Marian Catherine Jacko, socióloga, jurista, Abogada de la Oficina del Niño del Gobierno de Ontario, Ministerio del Procurador General, Canadá.
Martinbhai Macwan, Director, Navsarjan Trust; Coordinador del National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights, India.
Benon Mugarura, Presidente, African Indigenous and Minority Peoples Organisation (AIMPO), Rwanda; UN Indigenous Fellow 2000.
Smita Narula, Investigadora Principal, Human Rights Watch.
Anicet Ndemeye, Vice-Presidente, African Indigenous and Minority Peoples Organisation (AIMPO), Rwanda.
John A. Powell (sic), Director, Institute on Race and Poverty, University of Minnesota.
Edna Roland, Coordinadora, Fala Preta, Brazil.
Consejeros
Glenn C. Loury, Profesor de Economía y Director del Institute on Race and Social Division, Boston University.
Glenn C. Loury, Director, Institute on Race and Social Division, Boston University.
Christopher D. Sidoti, Comisionado, Comisión de Derechos Humanos, Australia.
Theo van Boven, Profesor de la Universidad de Maastricht; miembro del Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial y Étnica (CERD).
Documentos
Enlaces
Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
European Network Against Racism (ENAR)
International Network: Education for Democracy, Human Rights and Tolerance
National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR)
Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM)
The Institute on Race and Social Division - Boston University
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