UN experts disturbed by the president and US political leaders’ growing use of dehumanising language to target migrants

The “racist hate speech” being used by Donald Trump and other US political leaders, along with the country’s intensified crackdowns on migration, has led to “grave human rights violations,” a UN watchdog warned.

In a non-binding decision issued this week, the UN‘s committee on the elimination of racial discrimination (CERD) called on the US to uphold its obligations as a signatory to the international convention on combating racism and discrimination.

The panel of 18 independent experts said they were deeply disturbed by the growing use of derogatory and dehumanising language, as well as harmful stereotypes, being used to target migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers.

UN experts disturbed by the president and US political leaders’ growing use of dehumanising language to target migrants

The “racist hate speech” being used by Donald Trump and other US political leaders, along with the country’s intensified crackdowns on migration, has led to “grave human rights violations,” a UN watchdog warned.

In a non-binding decision issued this week, the UN‘s committee on the elimination of racial discrimination (CERD) called on the US to uphold its obligations as a signatory to the international convention on combating racism and discrimination.

The panel of 18 independent experts said they were deeply disturbed by the growing use of derogatory and dehumanising language, as well as harmful stereotypes, being used to target migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers.

UN experts disturbed by the president and US political leaders’ growing use of dehumanising language to target migrants

The “racist hate speech” being used by Donald Trump and other US political leaders, along with the country’s intensified crackdowns on migration, has led to “grave human rights violations,” a UN watchdog warned.

In a non-binding decision issued this week, the UN‘s committee on the elimination of racial discrimination (CERD) called on the US to uphold its obligations as a signatory to the international convention on combating racism and discrimination.

The panel of 18 independent experts said they were deeply disturbed by the growing use of derogatory and dehumanising language, as well as harmful stereotypes, being used to target migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers.