ACS hosted a briefing examining the ongoing discussion about, and potential federal legislative implication of, United States compliance with an international agreement on racial discrimination. The agreement is known as the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Panelists at May 9, 2008 briefing, including experts who participated in the recent proceedings in Geneva, described CERD and the CERD compliance process, discuss the CERD Committee's findings and recommendations, and explored the role that Congress could play to address U.S. compliance with CERD.

The panel featured:

• Ajamu S. Baraka, Executive Director, U.S. Human Rights Network (Real Video / Windows Media)
• Jamil Dakwar, Director of the Human Rights Program, American Civil Liberties Union (Real Video / Windows Media)
• Steven Groves, Fellow, The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, Heritage Foundation (Real Video / Windows Media)
• Marcia Johnson-Blanco, Senior Counsel, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Real Video / Windows Media)
• Moderator Lisa Crooms, Howard University Law School and coordinator of U.S. NGO "shadow reports" to the CERD Committee (Real Video / Windows Media)

Introduction (Real Video / Windows Media)

Questions and Answers (Real Video / Windows Media)