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30.
The Committee recommends that the State party take into account the relevant parts
of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted in September 2001 by the
World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related
Intolerance (A/CONF.189/12, chapter I), when implementing the Convention in its domestic
legal order, particularly as regards articles 2 to 7 of the Convention. The Committee also
urges that the State party include in its next periodic report specific information on the
National Action Plan against Racism and other measures taken to implement the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action at the national level. The Committee also encourages
the State party to continue to actively participate in the Preparatory Committee for the
Durban Review Conference, as well as in the Durban Review Conference in 2009.
31.
The Committee recommends that the State party’s reports be made readily available
to the public at the time of their submission, and that the observations of the Committee with
respect to these reports be similarly publicized in the official language and in minority
languages.
32.
The Committee recommends that the State party consult widely with organizations
of civil society working in the area of human rights protection, in particular in combating
racial discrimination, in connection with the preparation of the next periodic report.
33.
The State party should, within one year, provide information on the way it has
followed up on the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 16, 17, 22 and
26 above, pursuant to paragraph 1 of rule 65 of the Committee’s rules of procedure.
34.
The Committee invites the State party to update its core document in accordance
with the harmonized guidelines on reporting under the international human rights treaties, in
particular those on the common core document, as adopted by the fifth inter-Committee
meeting of the human rights treaty bodies held in June 2006 (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.4).
35.
The Committee recommends that the State party submit its combined nineteenth to
twenty-second periodic reports in a single report, due on 15 June 2012, taking into account
the guidelines for the CERD-specific document adopted by the Committee at its seventyfirst session (CERD/C/2007/1). That report should be an update document and address all
points raised in the present concluding observations.
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