Live from Geneva: Reporting on the US CERD Review

 The CERD Committee’s review of US compliance with the Race Convention (CERD) starts on Wednesday, but Geneva is already buzzing with US officials and advocates who have arrived to prepare for the hearings.  The US delegation numbers 32, including representatives of the Departments of State, Justice, the Interior, HHS, Education, Homeland Security, Labor, and the EPA.  The Attorney General of Arkansas and the Mayor of Birminghamd are part of the U.S. delegation, too.  And dozens of US advocates from across the US are in attendance.

Want to know more?  Several folks are posting daily blogs.  For a lively perspective on the process, see Hannah Adams’ daily video updates for Northeastern Law School’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy: http://fellowtalk.wordpress.com/  Hannah is in Geneva to represent a consortium of groups pressing for greater commitments on the civil right to counsel.  The US Human Rights Network is also posting regular blogs. including this initial overview from Bill Watson, a clinical fellow at the University of Chicago.

Want your news in smaller chunks?  Check out the twitter feed at #CERD.

Would you like to see the review itself?  Watch the webcast on August 13, 9am – noon ET and August 14, 4 – 7am ET: www.treatybodywebcast.org/.

Can’t take the day off to watch?  After September 1, the taped proceedings will be available here:  www.treatybodywebcast.org/category/webcast-archives.

We’re be offering more highlights and perspective in this space, too, as the week progresses.