UN Publishes Findings on Racial Discrimination
UN Committee On the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Publishes Findings on Serbia, Algeria, Jordan, Australia, Slovakia And Belarus
GENEVA (8 December
2017) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination has published its findings on the countries
it examined during its latest session from 20 November to 8
December: Serbia, Algeria, Jordan, Australia, Slovakia and
Belarus.
The findings contain positive aspects of how the respective State is implementing the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), highlight main matters of concern and make recommendations.
The reports, officially known as concluding observations, can be found here:http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=1139&Lang=en
CERD’s next session will be from 23 April to 11 May 2018 to review Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Nepal, Peru, Saudi Arabia and Sweden. More information here:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=1195&Lang=en
ENDS
Background
The
18 members of CERD are independent human rights experts
drawn from around the world, who serve in their personal
capacity and not as representatives of States parties. The
Committee’s concluding observations are an independent
assessment of States’ compliance with their human rights
obligations under the treaty. More information on the
Committee: http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/cerd/pages/cerdindex.aspx
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