Join the Pan African Congress North American Delegation for our African Liberation Day discussion on Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent in the United States.
PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS – NORTH AMERICA HOSTS PANEL DISCUSSION ON INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION REPORT ON US POLICE BRUTALITY
The Pan African Congress North America will host a virtual African Liberation Day panel on Friday, May 28, 2021 from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. (EDT) as the “North American Launch of the International Commission of Inquiry Report on Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent in the United States.”
Americans of all ethnicities, political interests and geographical locations have come together over the last few years to address the realities of police brutality in the US. This report is the result of the combined energies of the National Conference of Black Lawyers, the National Lawyers Guild and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers. Numerous experts and family members presented testimony over three weeks of hearings into 44 cases. A comprehensive report guided by an international staff provides an Executive Summary and Introduction, with Findings of Fact from the expert testimony along with an analysis of how U.S. law and practice does not comply with International Law and Standards with regard to the use of police force against people of African descent. The report addresses recommendations to the African Union, including a finding that the “widespread killings of people of African descent by police amount to Crimes Against Humanity.”
During the month of the births of Malcolm X and Andre Hill, the 49th anniversary of the first African Liberation Day, the first anniversary of the murder of George Floyd and during the renewed attacks against the people of Palestine, the panelists will address selected areas of the report from their personal perspectives. They include, but are not limited to, Ann B. Walker, Community Elder/Nana Aba Kweiba I, Queen Mother of Mozano (Ghana), Attorney Kerry McLean, member of the Tribunal Steering Committee and international human rights lawyer, Nana Gyamfi, President of National Council of Black Lawyers; Attorney Sean Walton, representative of the Casey Goodson family; Attorney, Bert Samuels, International Commissioner and Jamaican Attorney; Shayla Favors, Columbus City Council Member; Lennox Hinds, Tribune Convener and Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University School of Law; and Professor Horace Campbell, Syracuse University, a Rapporteur for the Commission. Julialynne Walker, Chair, Pan African Congress North America, will serve as moderator for the event.
