CONTENTS 2.2 Consideration of Individual Communications (Article 14) a) b) c) d) e) Consideration of the admissibility of communications Consideration of communications on their merits Committee’s suggestions and recommendations Follow-up procedure to the opinion of CERD Recommendations in case of non-violation of the Convention or inadmissible communications 2.3 Early Warning and Urgent Action procedure a) b) c) Purpose and indicators for the procedure Possible measures to be taken Recent actions 2.4 General Recommendations and Thematic Discussions 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 23 PART III – Civil Society Participation 24 1. In the course of the State Reporting Cycle 25 1.1 Before the consideration of the State report concerned a) b) c) d) Participating in the preparation of the state report Providing information for the list of themes Preparing and submitting an alternative report Submitting additional information on the list of themes 1.2 During the CERD session a) b) c) d) Informal meeting with CERD at the beginning of the week Organising an informal briefing for CERD members Lobbying in Geneva Observing the CERD sessions 1.3 Follow-up - After the consideration of the State report concerned a) b) c) Monitoring implementation Lobbying the national government Disseminating information and raising awareness 2. Submitting an Individual Communication under ICERD Article 14 2.1 Before the submission: Admissibility of the communication 2.2 Submitting a communication 2.3 After the submission 25 25 25 26 29 29 30 30 31 31 32 32 33 33 34 34 34 35 3. Early Warning measures and Urgent procedures 36 4. Thematic Discussions 36 ii ICERD & CERD: A GUIDE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS