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1
January
2015

International Decade for People of African Descent begins

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📅 1 January 2015 📍 Brazil

The UN-declared decade began with a program centered on recognition, justice, and development. For Brazil, it provided an international frame for campaigns on racial inequality, Afro-Brazilian memory, affirmative action, violence, and reparative justice. The start date turned an earlier General Assembly resolution into a period for action and evaluation. It remained a political commitment rather than a self-executing remedy; communities and movements continued to press states to translate the program into enforceable policies and resources.

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people of African descent

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United Nations

Afro-Brazilian civil society