ANNEXES
Annex III: Model Complaint Form for an Individual Communications under ICERD
(Ref. Model questionnaires for communications or complaints at:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/docs/annex1.pdf)
Contact Information:
Mail: Petitions Team
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Office at Geneva
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Fax:
+41 22 917 9022
(particularly for urgent matters)
Email: tb-petitions@ohchr.org
The blanks under the various sections of this model communication simply indicate where your responses
are required. You should take as much space as you need to set out your responses
Invoking individual complaint procedure under International Convention on the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination (ICERD),
Communication to:
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
DATE: ……………
I. Information on the complainant:
Name: ………
First name(s): ………….
Nationality: ………
Date and place of birth: ………….
Address for correspondence on this complaint: ………..
Submitting the communication:
on the author’s own behalf: ………..
on behalf of another person: ………..
[If the complaint is being submitted on behalf of another person:]
Please provide the following personal details of that other person
Name: ………
First name(s): ………..
Nationality: ………
Date and place of birth: ………..
Address or current whereabouts: ……….
If you are acting with the knowledge and consent of that person, please provide that person’s authorization
for you to bring this complaint …………
Or
If you are not so authorized, please explain the nature of your relationship with that person: ………………
and detail why you consider it appropriate to bring this complaint on his or her behalf: …………..
II. State concerned/Articles violated
Name of the State that has made the relevant declaration: …………
Articles of the Covenant or Convention alleged to have been violated: …………
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