May 3 • RAPP + Coalition of Human Rights Groups to address U.N. Racial Justice & Equality in Law Enforcement Commission, calling for Abolition of Death by Incarceration

On May 3, at a historic visit to New York City of the U.N. Expert Mechanism on Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement (EMLER), RAPP — among other major human rights groups, including the Abolitionist Law Center, CCWP, Center for Constitutional Rights, DROP LWOP, Amistad Law Project, Right to Redemption, Families United to End LWOP, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, and The Sentencing Project — will call for abolition of life imprisonment, or “death by incarceration,” as a violation of human rights