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International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
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ICERD
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination[1]
Location
New York[2]
Effective
4 January 1969[2]
Condition
27 ratifications[3]
Signatories
88[2]
Parties
179[2]
Depositary
UN Secretary-General[4]
Languages
Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish[5]
[1]
Membership of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination:
Recognise competence under Article 14
Do not recognise competence under Article 14
Signed but not ratified
Neither signed nor ratified
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) is a United Nations convention. A third-generation human rights instrument, the Convention commits its members to the elimination of racial discrimination and the promotion of understanding among all races.[6] Controversially, the Convention also requires its parties to outlaw hate speech and criminalize membership in racist organizations.[7]
The Convention also includes an individual complaints mechanism, effectively making it enforceable against its parties. This has led to the development of a limited jurisprudence on the interpretation and implementation of the Convention.
The convention was adopted and opened for signature by the United Nations General Assembly on 21 December 1965,[8] and entered into force on 4 January 1969. As of January 2018, it has 88 signatories and 179 parties.[2]
The Convention is monitored by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).
Contents
1 Genesis
2 Core provisions
2.1 Definition of "racial discrimination"
2.2 Prevention of discrimination
2.3 Condemnation of apartheid
2.4 Prohibition of incitement
2.5 Promotion of tolerance
2.6 Dispute resolution mechanism
2.7 Individual complaints mechanism
3 Reservations
4 Jurisprudence
5 Impact
6 Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
7 See also
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links
Genesis[edit]
In December 1960, following incidents of antisemitism in several parts of the world,[9] the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution condemning "all manifestations and practices of racial, religious and national hatred" as violations of the United Nations Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights and calling on the governments of all states to "take all necessary measures to prevent all manifestations of racial, religious and national hatred".[10] The Economic and Social Council followed this up by drafting a resolution on "manifestations of racial prejudice and national and religious intolerance", calling on governments to educate the public against intolerance and rescind discriminatory laws.[11] Lack of time prevented this from being considered by the General Assembly in 1961,[12] but it was passed the next year.[11]
During the early debate on this resolution, African nations led by the Central African Republic, Chad, Dahomey, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Mauritania, and Upper Volta pushed for more concrete action on the issue, in the form of an international convention against racial discrimination.[13] Some nations preferred a declaration rather than a binding convention, while others wanted to deal with racial and religious intolerance in a single instrument.[14] The eventual compromise, forced by the Arab nations' political opposition to treating religious intolerance at the same time as racial intolerance plus other nations' opinion that religious intolerance was less urgent,[15] was for two resolutions, one calling for a declaration and draft convention aimed at eliminating racial discrimination,[16] the other doing the same for religious intolerance.[17]
The draft Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination was adopted by the General Assembly on 20 November 1963.[18] The same day the General Assembly called for the Economic and Social Council and the Commission on Human Rights to make the drafting of a Convention on the subject an absolute priority.[19] The draft was completed by mid-1964,[20] but delays in the General Assembly meant that it could not be adopted that year.[15] It was finally adopted on 21 December 1965.[8]
Core provisions[edit]
Definition of "racial discrimination"[edit]
Main articles: Racism and Discrimination
Article 1 of the Convention defines "racial discrimination" as:
...any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life.[21]
Distinctions made on the basis of citizenship (that is, between citizens and non-citizens) are specifically excluded from the definition, as are positive discrimination policies and other measures taken to redress imbalances and promote equality.[22]
This definition does not distinguish between discrimination based on ethnicity and discrimination based on race, in part because the distinction between the ethnicity and race remains debatable among anthropologists.[23] The inclusion of descent specifically covers discrimination on the basis of caste and other forms of inherited status.[24]
Discrimination need not be strictly based on race or ethnicity for the Convention to apply. Rather, whether a particular action or policy discriminates is judged by its effects.[25]
In seeking to determine whether an action has an effect contrary to the Convention, it will look to see whether that action has an unjustifiable disparate impact upon a group distinguished by race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin.[25]
The question of whether an individual belongs to a particular racial group is to be decided, in the absence of justification to the contrary, by self-identification.[26]
Prevention of discrimination[edit]
Main articles: Anti-discrimination law, Equality before the law, and Institutionalized discrimination
Article 2 of the Convention condemns racial discrimination and obliges parties to "undertake to pursue by all appropriate means and without delay a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms".[6] It also obliges parties to promote understanding among all races.[6] To achieve this, the Convention requires that signatories:
Not practice racial discrimination in public institutions[27]
Not "sponsor, defend, or support" racial discrimination[28]
Review existing policies, and amend or revoke those that cause or perpetuate racial discrimination[29]
Prohibit "by all appropriate means, including legislation," racial discrimination by individuals and organisations within their jurisdictions[30]
Encourage groups, movements, and other means that eliminate barriers between races, and discourage racial division[31]
Parties are obliged "when the circumstances so warrant" to use positive discrimination policies for specific racial groups to guarantee "the full and equal enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms".[32] However, these measures must be finite, and "shall in no case entail as a consequence the maintenance of unequal or separate rights for different racial groups after the objectives for which they were taken have been achieved".[32]
Article 5 expands upon the general obligation of Article 2 and creates a specific obligation to guarantee the right of everyone to equality before the law regardless of "race, colour, or national or ethnic origin".[33] It further lists specific rights this equality must apply to: equal treatment by courts and tribunals,[34] security of the person and freedom from violence,[35] the civil and political rights affirmed in the ICCPR,[36] the economic, social and cultural rights affirmed in the ICESCR,[37] and the right of access to any place or service used by the general public, "such as transport hotels, restaurants, cafes, theatres and parks."[38] This list is not exhaustive, and the obligation extends to all human rights.[39]
Article 6 obliges parties to provide "effective protection and remedies" through the courts or other institutions for any act of racial discrimination.[40] This includes a right to a legal remedy and damages for injury suffered due to discrimination.[40]
Condemnation of apartheid[edit]
Main article: Crime of apartheid
Article 3 condemns apartheid and racial segregation and obliges parties to "prevent, prohibit and eradicate" these practices in territories under their jurisdiction.[41] This article has since been strengthened by the recognition of apartheid as a crime against humanity in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.[42]
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination regards this article as also entailing an obligation to eradicate the consequences of past policies of segregation, and to prevent racial segregation arising from the actions of private individuals.[43]
Prohibition of incitement[edit]
Main articles: Hate speech and Hate crime
Article 4 of the Convention condemns propaganda and organizations that attempt to justify discrimination or are based on the idea of racial supremacism.[7] It obliges parties, "with due regard to the principles embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights", to adopt "immediate and positive measures" to eradicate these forms of incitement and discrimination.[7] Specifically, it obliges parties to criminalize hate speech, hate crimes and the financing of racist activities,[44] and to prohibit and criminalize membership in organizations that "promote and incite" racial discrimination.[45] A number of parties have reservations on this article, and interpret it as not permitting or requiring measures that infringe on the freedoms of speech, association or assembly.[46]
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination regards this article as a mandatory obligation of parties to the Convention,[47] and has repeatedly criticized parties for failing to abide by it.[48] It regards the obligation as consistent with the freedoms of opinion and expression affirmed in the UNDHR and ICCPR[49] and notes that the latter specifically outlaws inciting racial discrimination, hatred and violence.[50] It views the provisions as necessary to prevent organised racial violence and the "political exploitation of ethnic difference."[51]
Promotion of tolerance[edit]
Main article: Toleration
Article 7 obliges parties to adopt "immediate and effective measures", particularly in education, to combat racial prejudice and encourage understanding and tolerance between different racial, ethnic and national groups.[52]
Dispute resolution mechanism[edit]
Articles 11 through 13 of the Convention establish a dispute resolution mechanism between parties. A party that believes another party is not implementing the Convention may complain to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.[53] The Committee will pass on the complaint, and if it is not resolved between the two parties, may establish an ad hoc Conciliation Commission to investigate and make recommendations on the matter.[54] This procedure has been first invoked in 2018, by Palestine against Israel.[55]
Article 22 further allows any dispute over the interpretation or application of the Convention to be referred to the International Court of Justice.[56] This clause has been invoked three times, by Georgia against Russia[57], by Ukraine against Russia,[58] by Qatar against UAE.[59]
Individual complaints mechanism[edit]
Article 14 of the Convention establishes an individual complaints mechanism similar to that of the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Parties may at any time recognise the competence of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to consider complaints from individuals or groups who claim their rights under the Convention have been violated.[60] Such parties may establish local bodies to hear complaints before they are passed on.[61] Complainants must have exhausted all domestic remedies, and anonymous complaints and complaints that refer to events that occurred before the country concerned joined the Optional Protocol are not permitted.[62] The Committee can request information from and make recommendations to a party.[62]
The individual complaints mechanism came into operation in 1982, after it had been accepted by ten states-parties.[63] As of 2010, 58 states had recognised the competence of the Committee,[2] and 54 cases have been dealt with by the Committee.[64]
Reservations[edit]
A number of parties have made reservations and interpretative declarations to their application of the Convention. The Convention text forbids reservations "incompatible with the object and purpose of this Convention" or that would inhibit the operation of any body established by it.[65] A reservation is considered incompatible or inhibitive if two-thirds of parties object to it.[65]
Article 22
Afghanistan, Bahrain, China, Cuba, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, and Yemen do not consider themselves bound by Article 22. Some interpret this article as allowing disputes to be referred to the International Court of Justice only with the consent of all involved parties.[2]
Obligations beyond existing constitution
Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Thailand and United States interpret the Convention as not implying any obligations beyond the limits of their existing constitutions.[2]
Hate speech
Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malta, Monaco, Switzerland and Tonga all interpret Article 4 as not permitting or requiring measures that threaten the freedoms of speech, opinion, association, and assembly.[2] Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Fiji, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Thailand and United Kingdom interpret the Convention as creating an obligation to enact measures against hate speech and hate crimes only when a need arises.
The United States of America "does not accept any obligation under this Convention, in particular under articles 4 and 7, to restrict those [extensive protections of individual freedom of speech, expression and association contained in the Constitution and laws of the United States], through the adoption of legislation or any other measures, to the extent that they are protected by the Constitution and laws of the United States."[2]
Immigration
Monaco and Switzerland reserve the right to apply their own legal principles on the entry of foreigners into their labour markets.[2] The United Kingdom does not regard the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962 and Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968 as constituting any form of racial discrimination.[2]
Indigenous people
Tonga reserves the right not to apply the Convention to any restriction on the alienation of land held by indigenous Tongans. Fiji has significant reservations around Article 5, and reserves the right not to implement those provisions if they are incompatible with existing law on voting rights, the alienation of land by indigenous Fijians.[2]
Jurisprudence[edit]
The individual complaints mechanism has led to a limited jurisprudence on the interpretation and implementation of the Convention. As at September 2011, 48 complaints have been registered with the Committee; 17 of these have been deemed inadmissible, 16 have led to a finding of no violation, and in 11 cases a party has been found to have violated the Convention. Three cases were still pending.[66]
Several cases have dealt with the treatment of Romani people in Eastern Europe. In Koptova v. Slovakia the Committee found that resolutions by several villages in Slovakia forbidding the residence of Roma were discriminatory and restricted freedom of movement and residence, and recommended the Slovak government take steps to end such practices.[67] In L.R. v. Slovakia the Committee found that the Slovak government had failed to provide an effective remedy for discrimination suffered by Roma after the cancellation of a housing project on ethnic grounds.[68] In Durmic v. Serbia and Montenegro the Committee found a systemic failure by the Serbian government to investigate and prosecute discrimination against Roma in access to public places.[69]
In several cases, notably L.K. v. Netherlands and Gelle v. Denmark, the Committee has criticized parties for their failure to adequately prosecute acts of racial discrimination or incitement. In both cases, the Committee refused to accept "any claim that the enactment of law making racial discrimination a criminal act in itself represents full compliance with the obligations of States parties under the Convention".[70] Such laws "must also be effectively implemented by the competent national tribunals and other State institutions".[71] While the Committee accepts the discretion of prosecutors on whether or not to lay charges, this discretion "should be applied in each case of alleged racial discrimination in the light of the guarantees laid down in the Convention"[72]
In The Jewish community of Oslo et al. v. Norway, the Committee found that the prohibition of hate speech was compatible with freedom of speech, and that the acquittal of a neo-Nazi leader by the Supreme Court of Norway on freedom of speech grounds was a violation of the Convention.[73]
In Hagan v. Australia, the Committee ruled that, while not originally intended to demean anyone, the name of the "E. S. 'Nigger' Brown Stand" (named in honour of 1920s rugby league player Edward Stanley Brown) at a Toowoomba sports field was racially offensive and should be removed.[74]
Impact[edit]
The impact of an international treaty can be measured in two ways: by its acceptance, and by its implementation.[75][76] On the first measure, the Convention has gained near-universal acceptance by the international community, with fewer than twenty (mostly small) states yet to become parties.[2] Most major states have also accepted the Convention's individual complaints mechanism, signaling a strong desire to be bound by the Convention's provisions.[2]
On the second measure, the Convention has had a significant impact on national legislation, with many states adopting legislation outlawing racial discrimination by the state, in the workplace, or in the provision of services such as housing and education. Such legislation may be either civil or criminal.[77] Examples of the former include the Civil Rights Act 1964 (United States), Race Relations Act 1971 (New Zealand), Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Australia), Race Relations Act 1976 (UK), and Canadian Human Rights Act 1977 (Canada). Criminal provisions are used in Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Norway and Portugal.[77] Despite reservations to the Convention, most western European nations have criminalized the incitement of racial hatred.[77]
The Convention has faced persistent problems with reporting since its inception, with parties frequently failing to report fully,[78] or even at all.[79] As of 2008, twenty parties had failed to report for more than ten years, and thirty parties had failed to report for more than five.[80] One party, Sierra Leone, had failed to report since 1976, while two more – Liberia and Saint Lucia had never met their reporting requirements under the Convention.[81] The Committee has responded to this persistent failure to report by reviewing the late parties anyway – a strategy that has produced some success in gaining compliance with reporting requirements.[82] This lack of reporting is seen by some as a significant failure of the Convention.[83] However the reporting system has also been praised as providing "a permanent stimulus inducing individual States to enact anti-racist legislation or amend the existing one when necessary."[84]
In 2017 Ukraine opened a case against Russia for discrimination of Crimean Tatars in military occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea.[85]
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination[edit]
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is a body of human rights experts tasked with monitoring the implementation of the Convention. It consists of 18 independent human rights experts, elected for four-year terms, with half the members elected every two years. Members are elected by secret ballot of the parties, with each party allowed to nominate one of its nationals to the Committee.[86]
All parties are required to submit regular reports to the Committee outlining the legislative, judicial, policy and other measures they have taken to give effect to the Convention. The first report is due within a year of the Convention entering into effect for that state; thereafter reports are due every two years or whenever the Committee requests.[87] The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the state party in the form of "concluding observations".
The Committee typically meets every March and August in Geneva.[88] The current (as of April 2018) membership of the Committee is:[89]
Name
State
Term expires
Silvio José Albuquerque e Silva Brazil 2022
Noureddine Amir (chairperson) Algeria 2022
Alexei S. Avtonomov Russian Federation 2020
Marc Bossuyt Belgium 2022
Jose Francisco Cali Tzay Guatemala 2020
Chung Chinsung South Korea 2022
Fatimata-Binta Victoire Dah Burkina Faso 2020
Bakari Sidiki Diaby Côte d'Ivoire 2022
Rita Izsák-Ndiaye (rapporteur) Hungary 2022
Keiko Kō Japan 2022
Gün Kut Turkey 2022
Li Yanduan (vice-chairperson) China 2020
Nicolás Marugán Spain 2020
Gay McDougall (vice-chairperson) United States 2020
Yemhelhe Mint Mohamed Mauritania 2020
Pastor Elias Murillo Martinez (vice-chairperson) Colombia 2020
Verene Albertha Shepherd Jamaica 2020
Yeung Kam John Yeung Sik Yuen Mauritius 2022
See also[edit]
Anti-racism
Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Racial Equality Proposal, 1919
World Conference against Racism
Environmental racism in Europe
Environmental racism
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Further reading[edit]
The U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. By Natán Lérner. Alphen aan den Rijn: Sijthoff & Noordhoff International, 1980.
Procedural history and related documents on the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in the Historic Archives of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
Universal Rights Group Report: Combatting religious intolerance: implementation of resolution 16/18.
Lecture by Mr. Linos-Alexander Sicilianos entitled The Application of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: Challenges Ahead in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
External links[edit]
"International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)". UN OHCHR. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
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French Broad River
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French Broad River
River
French Broad River in Henderson County, North Carolina
Country
United States
States
North Carolina, Tennessee
Part of
Tennessee → Ohio → Mississippi
Tributaries
- left Pigeon River, Little Pigeon River
- right Swannanoa River, Nolichucky River
Primary source
North Fork French Broad River
- location Transylvania County, North Carolina
- elevation 3,189 ft (972 m)
- coordinates 35°15′57″N 82°53′20″W / 35.26583°N 82.88889°W / 35.26583; -82.88889 [1][2]
Secondary source
West Fork French Broad River
- location Transylvania County, North Carolina
- elevation 3,440 ft (1,049 m)
- coordinates 35°11′09″N 82°59′01″W / 35.18583°N 82.98361°W / 35.18583; -82.98361 [3]
Source confluence
- location Rosman, North Carolina
- elevation 2,195 ft (669 m)
- coordinates 35°08′33″N 82°50′19″W / 35.14250°N 82.83861°W / 35.14250; -82.83861 [4][5]
Mouth
Tennessee River
- location Knoxville, Tennessee
- elevation 814 ft (248 m) [5]
- coordinates 35°57′33″N 83°51′0″W / 35.95917°N 83.85000°W / 35.95917; -83.85000Coordinates: 35°57′33″N 83°51′0″W / 35.95917°N 83.85000°W / 35.95917; -83.85000 [5]
Length
218 mi (351 km) [4]
Basin
5,124 sq mi (13,271 km2) [6]
Discharge
for Riverdale, Tennessee, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) above the mouth
- average 7,878 cu ft/s (223 m3/s) (mean for water years 1945–1983)[7]
- max 160,000 cu ft/s (4,531 m3/s) July 1867[7]
- min 67 cu ft/s (1.9 m3/s) October 1953[7]
French Broad River watershed
The French Broad River flows 218 miles (351 km)[4] from near the town of Rosman in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into the state of Tennessee. Its confluence with the Holston River at Knoxville is the beginning of the Tennessee River. The river flows through the counties of Transylvania, Buncombe, Henderson, and Madison in North Carolina, and Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier, and Knox in Tennessee, and drains large portions of the Pisgah National Forest and the Cherokee National Forest.
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1 Course
2 History
3 Crossings
3.1 North Carolina
3.2 Tennessee
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Course[edit]
The French Broad River begins just west of the Eastern Continental Divide. From there it flows northeasterly through the Appalachian Mountains. The river follows a general northeasterly direction through Transylvania, Henderson, and Buncombe counties. In Buncombe County, the river flows through the city of Asheville, where it receives the water of the Swannanoa River. Downstream of Asheville, the river proceeds north through Madison County, where it flows through its county seat, Marshall. After passing through the mountain resort of Hot Springs in the Bald Mountains, the river enters Cocke County, Tennessee.
In Cocke County, the river passes through the community of Del Rio, and receives the waters of both the Pigeon River and the Nolichucky River northwest of Cocke's county seat, Newport. The river then enters the slack waters of Douglas Lake, which is created by the Tennessee Valley Authority's Douglas Dam in Sevier County, approximately 32 miles (51 km) upstream from the river's mouth. Near Sevierville, the French Broad River receives the flow of the Little Pigeon River, which drains much of the Tennessee section of the Great Smoky Mountains. After flowing through a wide gap in Bays Mountain, it enters Knox County. It joins the Holston River to form the Tennessee at a place known as "Forks of the River" at the eastern edge of Knoxville.
History[edit]
The French Broad River was named by European settlers centuries ago because it was one of the two broad rivers in western North Carolina. The one which flowed into land claimed by France at that time was named the "French Broad River", whereas the other, which stayed in land claimed by England – the Colony of North Carolina – was named the "English Broad River". (The latter was later renamed simply the "Broad River"). The Indigenous Americans of this area, the Cherokee Indians, called it different names: Poelico, Agiqua (broad) in the mountains, Tahkeeosteh (racing waters) from Asheville down and Zillicoah above Asheville.[8] The French called it the Agiqua, borrowing one of the Cherokee names.
Douglas Dam, built on the lower French Broad by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) during the 1940s, is one of the larger TVA developments on a tributary of the Tennessee River. (The two other very large ones are Norris Lake on the Clinch River and Cherokee Lake on the Holston River.)
In 1987, the North Carolina General Assembly established the French Broad River State Trail as a blueway which follows the river for 67 miles. The paddle trail is a part of North Carolina State Trails Program, which is a section of the NC Division of Parks and Recreation. A system of launch point locations was created along the river for the trail.
The portion of the French Broad River in Tennessee was designated a state scenic river by the Tennessee Scenic Rivers Act of 1968. Approximately 33 miles (53 km) of the river in Cocke County, starting at the North Carolina border and extending downstream to the place where it flows into Douglas Lake, are designated as a Class III, Partially Developed River.
Wilma Dykeman wrote the book The French Broad (1955) about the river. The book brought public attention to concerns about the polluted condition of parts of the river. The river is also the subject of the monograph Watershed: The French Broad River (2012) by Jeff Rich.
Crossings[edit]
The following is a partial list of crossings of the French Broad from Brevard to the confluence with the Tennessee River.
North Carolina[edit]
Transylvania and Henderson counties
Patton Bridge
Crab Creek Road
Blantyre Road
Etowah School Road in Etowah
McLean Bridge (U.S. 64) in Etowah
Johnson Bridge
Fannings Bridge
Butler Bridge
Kings Bridge (N.C. 191)
Boylston Highway (N.C. 280) at the Asheville Regional Airport
Buncombe County/Asheville
Glenn Bridge
Long Shoals Road (N.C. 146) in Skyland
Blue Ridge Parkway
Interstate 26
Interstate 40 at the Biltmore Estate
Carrier Bridge in Asheville
Haywood Road in Asheville
Smith Bridge in Asheville
Bowen Bridge (Interstate 26/I-240/U.S. 19/U.S. 74 in Asheville
Pearson Bridge in Asheville
Old Leicester Highway in Craggy
Fletcher Martin Road
Madison County
Two Bridges connecting Marshall to Blannahasset Island
Little Pine Road
Barnard Road in Barnard (put-in for Section 9 of the French Broad, a Class III-IV whitewater run that is the most frequently paddled section of the river)
(U.S. 25)/(U.S. 70) in Hot Springs (takeout for Section 9); the Appalachian Trail crosses this bridge.
Tennessee[edit]
Cocke County
Wolf Creek Bridge
Bridge in Del Rio
James T Huff Bridge (U.S. 25/U.S. 70)
U.S. 321 in Newport
Holt Town Road
U.S. Route 25E from Cocke County into Jefferson County)
Douglas Lake to Knoxville
Interstate 40 and Swann Bridge (U.S. 70) over Douglas Lake
James D. Hoskins Bridge in Dandridge
Douglas Dam Road
TN 66 at Sevierville
Several golf cart path bridges over the Cain Islands
Doctor JH Gammondale Bridge in Marbledale
See also[edit]
List of North Carolina rivers
List of Tennessee rivers
Wilma Dykeman RiverWay Plan (for RiverLink's sustainable greenways and park developments on/near the French Broad River)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Fork French Broad River
Jump up ^ John Hairr, North Carolina Rivers: Facts, Legend, and Lore (History Press, 2007), p. 90.
Jump up ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: West Fork French Broad River
^ Jump up to: a b c U.S. Geological Survey. Rosman, NC. 1:24,000.
^ Jump up to: a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: French Broad River
Jump up ^ U.S. Geological Survey, "Introduction to the Upper Tennessee River Basin," 11 January 2013. Accessed: 31 May 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c United States Geological Survey, Water Resources Data Tennessee: Water Year 1983, Water Data Report TN-83-1, p. 116.
Jump up ^ French Broad River, Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to French Broad River.
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: French Broad River
French Broad Riverkeeper, conservation group that monitors water quality in the French Broad Watershed.
RiverLink, regional conservation group
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