Press Release: Declaration by the High Representative, Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the EU on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March 2010

The European Union strongly condemns all forms of intolerance, racism, racial and other types of discrimination. Based on the principles that all humans are born equal in dignity and rights, the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights explicitly prohibits discrimination based on any grounds, whether they be race or colour, sex, origin, religion or belief, or on the grounds of a person's opinion or sexual orientation.

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