ANNEXES
ANNEXE IV: General Recommendations adopted by CERD
A. List of the General Recommendations
NUMBER
CONTENT
SESSION
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
States parties obligations (Art. 4)
States parties obligations (Art. 9)
Apartheid
Demographic composition of the population
Art. 7 of the Convention
Overdue reports
Art. 4 of the Convention
Art. 1.1 and 1.4, of the Convention
Art. 8.1 of the Convention
Technical assistance
Non-citizens
Successor states
Training of law enforcement officials
Art. 1.1 of the Convention
Organized violence based on ethnic origin (Art. 4)
References to situations existing in other states
Establishment of national institutions to
facilitate the implementation of the Convention
Establishment of an international tribunal
to prosecute crimes against humanity
Art. 3 of the Convention
Non-discriminatory implementation of
rights and freedoms (Art. 5)
Right to self-determination
Art. 5 and refugees and displaced persons
Indigenous peoples
Art. 1 of the Convention
Gender-related dimensions of racial discrimination
Art. 6 of the Convention
Discrimination against Roma
5th session (1972)
5th session (1972)
6th session (1972)
8th session (1973)
15th session (1977)
25th session (1982)
32nd session (1985)
38th session (1990)
38th session (1990)
39th session (1991)
42nd session (1993)
42nd session (1993)
42nd session (1993)
42nd session (1993)
42nd session (1993)
42nd session (1993)
XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXV
XXVI
XXVII
B. Full texts of the General Recommendations
According to Article 9, paragraph 2, of ICERD, the Committee
may make suggestions and General Recommendations based
on the examination of the reports and information received
from the states parties. Such suggestions and General Recommendations shall be reported to the GA together with comments, if any, from states parties. The Committee has so far
adopted 27 General Recommendations.
General Recommendation I (5th session, 1972)
On the basis of the consideration at its fifth session of reports
submitted by States Parties under article 9 of the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Committee found that the legislation of a number of States Parties did not include the provisions envisaged in
article 4 (a) and (b) of the Convention, the implementation of
which (with due regard to the principles embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the rights expressly set
forth in article 5 of the Convention) is obligatory under the
Convention for all States Parties.
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42nd session (1993)
44th session (1994)
47th session (1995)
48th session (1996)
48th session (1996)
49th session (1996)
51st session (1997)
55th session (1999)
56th session (2000)
56th session (2000)
57th session (2000)
The Committee accordingly recommends that the States Parties
whose legislation was deficient in this respect should consider,
in accordance with their national legislative procedures, the
question of supplementing their legislation with provisions
conforming to the requirements of article 4 (a) and (b) of the
Convention.
General Recommendation II (5th session, 1972)
The Committee has considered some reports from States Parties which expressed or implied the belief that the information
mentioned in the Committee s communication of 28 January
1970 (CERD/C/R.12), need not be supplied by States Parties
on whose territories racial discrimination does not exist.
However, inasmuch as, in accordance with article 9, paragraph
1, of the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination, all States Parties undertake to
submit reports on the measures that they have adopted and that
give effect to the provisions of the Convention and, since all the
categories of information listed in the Committee s communication of 28 January 1970 refer to obligations undertaken by
the States Parties under the Convention, that communication is
addressed to all States Parties without distinction, whether or
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