PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued a report on Aug. 30 examining global discrimination and specifically mentioning Florida House Bill 1—a bill backed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—putting Florida on a global stage.
The 18-member committee, including one member from the United States, said in the report that it is “concerned about reports of increasing legislative measures and initiatives at the state level that unduly restrict the right to peaceful assembly following antifascism protests in recent years, such as the HB 1 Combating Public Disorder law in Florida.”
However, the governor’s office said that the U.N. does not have any “bearing” on how the state of Florida is governed….