See Final text of European Parliament Resolution of 26 March 2019 on Fundamental Rights of people of African descent in Europe (2018/2899 (RSP)) here
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-8-2019-0239_EN.html?redirect
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Black Lives Matter protests in major cities around the World in Summer 2020 followed the killing of George Floyd and other people of African descent by US law enforcement officers. The United Nations Resolution on the promotion and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and of people of African descent against excessive use of force and other human rights violations by law enforcement officers, acknowledges police brutality against people of African descent to be an unacceptable breach of universal human rights.
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European Parliament Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup (ARDI)
Brussels
19.06.2020
The European Parliament votes in favor and adopts a resolution responding to structural racism in the USA and Europe, also saluted for condemning slavery as a crime against humanity
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Impact on human rights
On 19 June 2020, 300, 717 confirmed infections and 42, 238 fatalities from COVID-19 were recorded in the UK (JHU Coronavirus Resource Center, 2020).
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