UN World Conference On Racism -
Panelist Interventions

WCAR NGO Symposium:
Strengthening International and Intra-National Efforts to Eliminate Racial Discrimination Through the Development of Uniform Measures of the Race and Poverty Intersect

Intervention Topics of Tentative Panelists

john powell - Introduction to the race and poverty intersect as a framework
for measuring the impact and elimination of racism.

Gay McDougall - Monitoring international compliance without uniform
measures of the race and poverty intersect: Can evidence of disparate
impact make the case for the elimination of racial discrimination that
can't be made now?

Carlos Minott - The impact of racism when race is invisible: Being black in
Costa Rica when there are no blacks.

Lynn Walker Huntley - Comparative studies: patterns and disparate impact.

Asbjorn Eide - When does evidence of systematic violation of fundamental
human rights constitute a crime against humanity?

Claire Nelson - Challenges to institutional based community assistance in
redressing the connection between race and poverty.

Aklog Birara - Financing the elimination of racial inequality: What is the
role of the World Bank?

Rinku Sen - Local mobilization strategies to achieving accountability.

Ravi Nair - Regional mobilization strategies to achieving accountability.

Lajune Lange - Leadership capacity building and international networks.

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