International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search International opposition to apartheid in South Africa Campaigns[show] Instruments and legislation[show] Organisations[show] Conferences[show] UN Security Council Resolutions[show] Other aspects[show] vte Ms. Navanethem Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2010. The theme for this year was “Disqualify Racism”. Photo by Eric Bridiers, 22 March 2010. The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March. On that day, in 1960, police