A/HRC/56/68/Add.1
the situation of racially marginalized individuals and groups, including those
experiencing intersectional forms of discrimination, and better target laws, policies and
programmes.
(g)
Ensure access to remedy to all victims of racial discrimination,
including restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of
non-repetition.
Ensuring voting rights for all
(h)
Ensure the full and urgent restoration of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
(i)
Enact further legislation to reinforce voting rights, including passing
the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act.
(j)
Urgently strengthen the implementation of Executive Order 14019.
(k)
Repeal any legislation at the federal or state level that impedes equal
access to the right to vote, including any provisions that restrict the rights of formally
incarcerated persons to vote.
(l)
Ensure that electoral district lines are drawn by fully independent and
politically impartial bodies, which are mandated to analyse the impact of any changes
on the rights of marginalized racial and ethnic groups.
(m)
Promptly investigate all acts of voter intimidation against members of
marginalized racial and ethnic groups, and where appropriate, prosecute implicated
individuals.
(n)
Address the political disenfranchisement of many of those within the
overseas territories through full and meaningful consultation with individuals and
groups and through processes of decolonization.
Addressing racial discrimination in education
(o)
Ensure that all teachers and school staff are trained in racial equality,
implicit bias, and non-discrimination standards.
(p)
Implement effectively the Resource on Confronting Racial
Discrimination in Student Discipline, of the Department of Education and the
Department of Justice.
(q)
Develop and implement a national action plan to address educational
segregation and stratification, ensuring that it addresses disparities in educational
funding.
(r)
Ensure that accurate historical accounts and critical race theory are
permitted within educational settings.
(s)
Remove police from schools and invest resources in addressing the root
causes of school discipline infractions.
(t)
Take all steps necessary to correct discrepancies in funding provided
to historically Black colleges and universities and remedy historical divestment in these
institutions.
Affirmative action in college admissions
(u)
Consider the reinstatement of affirmative action in college admissions
in both state and federal law, in line with article 2 (2) of the International Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
(v)
Take all legal steps to support the access of those from racially
marginalized groups to high-quality college education.
(w)
Colleges should take all legal steps to mitigate the impact of the
Supreme Court’s findings in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for
Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and other relevant federal and state
GE.24-08027
17