On March 18, 2019, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights released a report on “Police Violence Against Afro-descendants in the United States.” The Commission reviewed the situation of structural discrimination against African Americans in the United States, looking specifically at issues of disparity and racial bias by the police and within the criminal justice system. The Commission noted that the issues within the report impact both domestic civil rights issues, as well as international human rights obligations regarding non-discrimination, use of force, and access to justice. The Commission stated that “the historical legacy of subjugation, enslavement, terror, marginalization, segregation, and exclusion from enjoying the rights of citizens in the U.S., both de jure and de facto, has continuing repercussions for African Americans’ full enjoyment of human rights today,” and highlighted “the structural nature of discrimination and the corresponding need for systemic reforms to fully address past abuses and ensure non-repetition.” Commissioner Margarette May Macaulay stated that the aim of the report’s recommendations are “to provide the State with guidelines to better improve its data collection system, carry out law reforms and reverse militarization in its police system.”