A Number Of African Countries Urge UN Security Council To Discuss Floyd's Case

JAKARTA - A number of countries in Africa have begun to press the UN Human Rights Council (HAM) to hold a debate on racism. This was done so that the police brutality against citizens of African descent would simply stop in the case of the death of George Floyd, the black man who was killed by the police of Minneapolis, United States, Derek Chauvin.

The call for a resolution was written by the Ambassador of Burkina Faso representing 54 other African countries to demand justice through the Human Rights Council on Tuesday, June 16. Quoting CNA, the content of these demands is to defend the rights of those of African descent.

As a consideration, the Human Rights Council is asked to reflect on the widespread solidarity movement 'Black Lives Matter' (BLM). "Recent incidents of police brutality against peaceful demonstrators defending the rights of Africans and people of African descent."

Interestingly, the draft of the call will then be debated with the Human Rights Council on Wednesday. To that end, the Human Rights Council which has 47 member countries agreed to gather and discuss in detail the related human rights and police brutality which resulted in the loss of the life of a citizen of African descent.

"Call for the establishment of an independent international commission of inquiry to find various facts and conditions related to racism, allegations of violations of international human rights law and harassment of African citizens and people of African descent in the US and other regions of the world," said the draft resolution.

At the later debate, the Human Rights Council will examine the responses from the federal and state governments regarding the way the US government handles peaceful protests. "Including the alleged use of excessive force against protesters, observers and journalists."

Not surprisingly, the resolution also states a point where the US government and other countries are asked to cooperate during a year-long investigation. Meanwhile, the Human Rights Council now has a commission to investigate human rights violations, including in Syria, Burundi, Myanmar, South Sudan, Venezuela and Yemen.