Overview of the US Report to CERD

[Ejim Dike]

Hi All,

We wanted to share the attached overview of the United States report to
the CERD Committee, which we hope will help in your continued outreach
to groups on CERD shadow reporting.

The purpose of this overview is to provide organizers with a brief
summary of the United States report to the CERD Committee submitted in
April 2007. The full report is about 120 pages. While it is by no means
an exhaustive summary, we hope it will inspire many to read the report,
or at least sections that are of interest. More importantly, we hope
readers will be motivated to submit additional on-the-ground information
to fill in gaps in the Government's report, by participating in the
shadow reporting process. The Human Rights Project is drafting a full
summary of the Report for distribution in late June.

For more information the Shadow Reporting process, as well as copies of
the overview and full United States Report, please visit our website at
www.hrpujc.org, or the US Human Rights Network's site at
www.ushrnetwork.org. Please distribute this overview widely. Thank you.

--Ejim

Ejim Dike
Human Rights Project
Urban Justice Center
123 William Street, 16th Floor
New York City, NY 10038
646.602.5628 (phone)
212.533.4598 (fax)
www.hrpujc.org

Please note that as of April 4th, our office has moved to the above
address.