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    08.13.2020 | Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambéry are promoting global movement on digital platform

    Dear Sisters and Associates, 
    The global situation calls us to take a stand against all forms of violence. It urges us to raise our voices against racism in all the demonstrations to be heard across the planet.
     
    For the first time, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambéry are promoting a worldwide movement on a digital platform. You are just one click away from contributing and validating your response to this petition.

    JPIC invites you to sign the petition against racism on the AVAAZ platform, by accessing the link:
     
    https://bit.ly/StopRacism2020


    STATEMENT ON SYSTEMIC RACISM 
    Congregations of St. Joseph - An NGO in General Consultative Status with ECOSOC at the United Nations
    The Congregations of St. Joseph, an NGO in General Consultative Status with ECOSOC at the United Nations, condemns all forms of racism and xenophobia ver and however they manifest themselves and in particular, at this time, systemic racism against persons of African descent, as made visible in the killing of George Floyd.  George Floyd’s recent death at the hands of police in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, has brought the scourge of systemic racism to the world stage and to the halls of the United Nations in Geneva.
    We applaud the Urgent Debate held at the Human Rights Council on June 17-18, 2020, and support the need for the United Nations and all member states to continue to address the “current racially inspired human rights violations, systemic racism, police brutality against people of African descent and violence against peaceful protests".
    As Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed, speaking for Secretary General Antonio Guterres, said on June 17, structural racism is endemic, spanning history and borders across the globe. We support the call of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, to engage in “decisive action . . . to address the pervasive racism that corrodes institutions of government, entrenches inequality and underlies so many violations of human rights.”
    We recognize that racism undergirds many of our institutional practices which are rife with inequality, from education and healthcare to the unequal application of the law. 
    We applaud the Human Rights Council recommendation A/HRC/43/L.50 which calls for the establishment of “an independent international commission of inquiry to establish the facts and circumstances relating to the systemic racism, alleged violations of international human rights law and abuses against Africans and people of African descent in the United States of America” and else.  Present in over 40 countries on five continents, we commit ourselves to work both locally, in the cities and countries we are located, and, globally, with the United Nations, to change the economic, cultural and social structures that undergird systemic racism and xenophobia. 
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