The date recalls the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, an event that marked the international struggle for human rights and the eradication of systems of racial segregation.

Since then, the UN has promoted legal frameworks and programs aimed at eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms and fostering fairer, more inclusive, and equitable societies.

One of the leading breakthroughs has been the development of national programs to combat racial discrimination, boosted by the United Nations, which urges the States to design comprehensive and sustainable public policies.

Cuba is implementing, in this context, the National Program against Racism and Racial Discrimination, approved in 2019 as a State strategy to confront the vestiges of racism and historical inequalities.

This program coordinates the work of multiple institutions, social organizations, and academic spaces to boost equality and social justice.

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