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The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on **March 21. This day was established by the United Nations to promote awareness and action against racial discrimination and to the need for the eradication of all forms of racism and racial discrimination. It commemor the Sharpevilleacre, which occurred in South Africa on March 21, 1960, when police opened fire on a peaceful protest apartheid pass laws, resulting in numerous deaths.
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March.
In South Africa, the country in which the event took place that gave rise to the observance, the Sharpeville Massacre, the day is commemorated as Human Rights Day, and is a public holiday.
On 21 March 1960, police opened fire at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the pass laws.[a] In the event known as the Sharpeville massacre, 69 people were killed and 180 injured.[2]
Proclaiming the day in 1966, the United Nations General Assembly called on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination.