As ’We Charge Genocide’ Preps to Address UN on Brutality Claims, Experts Weigh in

As ’We Charge Genocide’ Preps to Address UN on Brutality Claims, Experts Weigh in - The Youth Project
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The shadow report on police violence against minority youth that Chicago activists We Charge Genocide will present to the United Nations Committee Against Torture this week is consistent with past studies and could receive a favorable response from the UN, experts say.

Released last month, the report alleges that the treatment of African-American and Latino/a youth by the Chicago Police Department counts as torture under the UN Convention Against Torture.

We Charge Genocide says the United States violates six of the Convention’s articles by allowing the CPD to torture black and brown youth with near impunity: adequate measures to prevent torture, adequate education about the ban of torture, systematic review of interrogation methods, a prompt and impartial investigation, a right to file charges of torture without retaliation, and legislatively ensured compensation for victims.