Saturday, September 16, 2006

GROUNDBREAKING LAWSUIT CHALLENGES RACIAL PROFILING BY POLICE / Open Society Justice Initiative, 12 Sep 2006

http://www.justiceinitiative.org/db/resource2?res_id=103402
"In the first-ever legal challenge to racial profiling filed with an international human rights tribunal, a coalition of advocacy groups today submitted an application to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, seeking to halt racial profiling by police. The application challenges a ruling by the Spanish Constitutional Court which held that police could target blacks for identity checks because racial appearance is a proxy for immigration status. Racial profiling is a growing problem in many European countries, including Spain, and the application asks the Committee to rule that race may not be used as a criterion in police stops."

Ethnic Profiling in Spain: Investigations and Recommendations
http://www.justiceinitiative.org/db/resource2/fs/?file_id=17428&rand=0.922578590229
"The report documents the pervasiveness of racial profiling by law enforcement in Spain, including repeated stops and searches of ethnic minorities without explanation and the use of racist language by police officers."