International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 2023

The 21st of March is Sharpeville Day in Revolutionary circles, taken as Human Rights Day in SA’s calendar and from 1979 was adopted by the @UN as the The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and this was in honour of Sharpeville and Sobukwe’s leadership! https://t.co/gbRyMST0QX

— Floyd Shivambu (@FloydShivambu) March 21, 2023

The theme for this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination focuses on the urgency of combating racism and racial discrimination, 75 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. #FightRacism 1/12

— O'Neill-Lancet Commission on RSDGH (@RSDGHcommission) March 21, 2023

DYK? Following the Sharpeville Massacre on 21 March 1960, the @UN #GeneralAssembly decided to make the day an official annual UN day of observance called International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in solidarity with the struggle against apartheid. #FightRacism https://t.co/iejH01ioAr

— UNICEF South Africa (@UNICEF_SA) March 21, 2023

🤝Today is the #InternationalDayfortheEliminationofRacialDiscrimination- 21 March The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution 2142 (XXI), adopted on 26 October 1966, proclaimed 21 March the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. https://t.co/WmEa6u5yyR

— SALO (@salo_info) March 21, 2023

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and is observed annually on the day the police in Sharpeville, South Africa, killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against apartheid "pass laws" in 1960. https://t.co/bU03bk8Ntx #FightRacism https://t.co/tiycOZnsYr

— St Angela's College (@StAngelasSligo) March 21, 2023

75 years after the signing of the #UDHR, the principles of equality & non-discrimination still beat at the heart of #HumanRights. On this #HumanRightsDay & International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination, let's renew our commitment to equality & justice for all. https://t.co/pTpCYG6mwI

— United Nations in South Africa (@UNinSouthAfrica) March 21, 2023

It's #HumanRightsDay in South Africa and the global community is observing International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Discover the voices leading the fight against racism in post-apartheid South Africa. https://t.co/zAJophOhQR

— Global Citizen Africa (@GlblCtznAfrica) March 21, 2023