A gaggle of human rights specialists with the United Nations arrived within the U.S. to start a six-city tour centered on exploring racial justice, legislation enforcement, and policing points within the nation.

On Monday, the Knowledgeable Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality within the Context of Legislation Enforcement kicked off its two-week go to to the U.S., The Guardian reported. The group is ready to go to Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, and New York Metropolis.

The impartial panel, appointed by the UN human rights council, was established in response to the worldwide outcry following the killing of George Floyd in 2020 by a white police officer.

The UN mentioned the journey was organized to assist “additional transformative change for racial justice and equality within the context of legislation enforcement for Africans and other people of African descent.”

The group of specialists will meet with authorities officers at federal, state, and native ranges, and go to legislation enforcement authorities, civil society organizations, and detention facilities. They’ll additionally evaluation current legal guidelines and practices surrounding the usage of drive by legislation enforcement officers and look at how aligned they’re with worldwide human rights requirements.

“We sit up for gaining first-hand perception in regards to the lived experiences of individuals of African descent in the US,” panel member Juan Méndez mentioned.

“And to supply suggestions to the federal government in any respect ranges, to help efforts in combating systemic racism and extreme use of drive, and guarantee accountability and justice.”

Activists throughout the nation have been applauding the UN tour and are eager for the outcomes it’d produce.

“Extrajudicial killings have change into more and more routine in American policing,” Collette Flanagan, the founding father of Moms Towards Police Brutality mentioned. Flanagan’s son Clinton Allen was killed by police in Dallas in 2013.

“They occur actually each day. This lethal police brutality represents an enormous human rights violation that falls most closely on folks of African descent.”

“We welcome the Knowledgeable Mechanism to Atlanta within the identify of our martyred youngsters,” she continued. “We hope this go to will assist us transfer our nation to stay as much as its obligations below the Common Declaration of Human Rights and different worldwide human rights agreements.”