CERD/C/103/D/60/2016 United Nations International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Distr.: General 31 May 2021 Original: English Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Opinion adopted by the Committee under article 14 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 60/2016*, ** Communication submitted by: Grigore Zapescu (represented by counsel, Dumitru Sliusarenco) Alleged victim: The petitioner State party: Republic of Moldova Date of communication: 30 June 2016 (initial submission) Date of adoption of opinion: 22 April 2021 Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 91 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 23 November 2016 (not issued in document form) Subject matter: Racial discrimination in access to employment; lack of compensation Procedural issues: Committee’s competence ratione temporis; exhaustion of domestic remedies Substantive issue: Discrimination on the grounds of national or ethnic origin Articles of the Convention: 1 (1), 2 (1) (d), 5 (e) (i), 6 and 7 1. The petitioner is Grigore Zapescu, a national of the Republic of Moldova, who is of Roma ethnicity and was born in 1992. He claims to be a victim of a violation by the State party of articles 1 (1), 5 (e) (i), 6, and 7 read in conjunction with article 2 (1) (d), of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. 1 The petitioner is represented by counsel. Facts as submitted by the petitioner 2.1 In November 2012, the petitioner and his friend, B.V., who were both law students at the time, applied for a position as a waiter advertised by a restaurant chain called Andy’s Pizza. On 29 November 2012, the petitioner and his friend were interviewed for the position * Adopted by the Committee at its 103rd session (19–30 April 2021). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: 1 Silvio José Albuquerque e Silva, Sheikha Abdulla Ali Al-Misnad, Noureddine Amir, Marc Bossuyt, Chinsung Chung, Bakari Sidiki Diaby, Ibrahima Guissé, Rita Izsák-Ndiaye, Gun Kut, Li Yanduan, Mehrdad Payandeh, Verene Albertha Shepherd, Stamatia Stavrinaki, Faith Dikeledi Pansy Tlakula and Yeung Kam John Yeung Sik Yuen. The Convention was ratified by the State party on 26 January 1993. The State party made the declaration under article 14 of the Convention on 8 May 2013. GE.21-07061(E)