ANNEXES
Annex IV: List of General Recommendations issued by CERD (As of 5 July 2011)
(Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Committee on the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination – General Comments. At:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/comments.htm99)
NUMBER
SUBJECT
SESSION (YEAR)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
States parties' obligations (Art. 4)
States parties obligations (Art. 9)
Apartheid (Art. 3)
Demographic composition of the population (Art. 9)
Reporting by States parties (Art. 7)
Overdue reports (Art. 9)
Legislation to eradicate racial discrimination (Art. 4)
Identification with a particular racial or ethnic group (Art. 1, par.1 & 4)
Independence of experts (Art. 8, par.1)
Technical assistance
Non-citizens (Art. 1)
Successor states
Training of law enforcement officials in the protection of human rights
Definition of discrimination (Art. 1, par.1)
Organized violence based on ethnic origin (Art. 4)
References to situations existing in other States (Art. 9)
Establishment of national institutions to facilitate implementation of
theConvention
Establishment of an international tribunal to prosecute crimes against
humanity
Racial segregation and apartheid (Art. 3)
Non-discriminatory implementation of rights and freedoms (Art. 5)
Right to self-determination
Art. 5 and refugees and displaced persons
Indigenous Peoples
Reporting of persons belonging to different races, national/ethnic
groups, or indigenous peoples (Art. 1)
Gender related dimensions of racial discrimination
Art. 6 of the Convention
Discrimination against Roma
The follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial
Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
Art. 1, par.1 of the Convention (Descent)
Discrimination against Non Citizens
Prevention of racial discrimination in the administration and functioning
of the criminal justice system
Meaning and scope of special measures in the ICERD
Follow-up to the Durban Review Conference
5 Session (1972)
th
5 Session (1972)
th
6 Session (1972)
th
8 Session (1973)
th
15 Session (1977)
th
25 Session (1982)
nd
32 Session (1985)
th
38 Session (1990)
th
38 Session (1990)
th
39 Session (1991)
nd
42 Session (1993)
nd
42 Session (1993)
nd
42 Session (1993)
nd
42 Session (1993)
nd
42 Session (1993)
nd
42 Session (1993)
nd
42 Session (1993)
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
99
th
th
44 Session (1994)
th
47 Session (1995)
th
48 Session (1996)
th
48 Session (1996)
th
49 Session(1996)
st
51 Session (1997)
th
55 Session (1999)
th
56 Session (2000)
th
56 Session (2000)
th
57 Session (2000)
th
60 Session (2002)
st
61 Session (2002)
(2004)
(2005)
th
75 Session (2009)
th
75 Session (2009)
Text of each recommendation can be found here too.
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