P. of S. 403

Memorials
IEPR
04 March 2026

Date: October 5, 2021

To designate March 21 of each year as the “National Day for the Eradication of Racism and Affirmation of Afro-Descendancy”, as part of efforts to eliminate any manifestation of racial and/or ethnic discrimination from our society; to designate the week during the month of March in which the Day for the Abolition of Slavery is commemorated as the Week for the Eradication of Racism and Affirmation of Afro-Descent; to repeal Law 138-1996; and for other related purposes.

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