The UN special envoy says the United States will need to review and amend its laws to ensure the rights of minorities.
UN special envoy for minority affairs Fernand Varens said steps taken by some US states could undermine democracy, according to AFP.
The special envoy told a news conference at the end of a two-week visit to the United States that the United States needed a "new deal."He said the United States was at the forefront of democracies with incomplete legislation recognizing and protecting the rights of minorities.
The Special Envoy said that the laws enacted by the United States 60 years ago are non-parallel, with minorities in particular facing growing inequality, discrimination, hate speech and crime, even being evicted.
Fernand Verens praised the US government's efforts to deal with hate speech against Asian Americans, saying the African-American community was the most neglected.
Regarding the African-American community, he said: "It is quite possible that they will not be allowed to vote in federal and state elections, will be detained, will be subjected to hate speech on social media, and in many places will not." Proportionately evicted.Fernand Varens pointed out that most US states have enacted legislation in such a way that certain minorities have more difficulty in exercising their right to vote. "Such measures are meant to weaken democracy," he said.
Citing the example of the state of Texas, the UN special envoy said that delimitation in some districts would also reduce the votes of minorities.
He also expressed concern that citizens of the US-administered island of Puerto Rico do not have the right to vote in the presidential election.
