Useful addresses and sources Information on ICERD Text of the Convention: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cerd.htm Text of the Convention in PDF: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/pdf/cerd.pdf States parties to ICERD including the reservations and declarations made by them: http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=IV-2&chapter=4&lang=en Information on CERD Main page: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/index.htm Sessions: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/sessions.htm General Recommendations: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/comments.htm Letters sent and decisions made by CERD through Early Warning and Urgent Action procedure: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/early-warning.htm#about CERD Secretariat contact: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/contact.htm Model complaint form for the individual communication: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/docs/annex1.pdf UN petition team for submitting individual communications: Postal Address: 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 General Information on the UN Treaty Body System OHCHR, “Human Rights Treaty Bodies”: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/treaty/index.htm International Service for Human Rights, “Simple Guide to the UN Treaty Bodies”: www.ishr.ch/guides-to-the-un-system/simple-guide-to-treaty-bodies UN Documents UN Official Documents System Search: http://www.un.org/en/documents/ods/ UN Treaty Body Documents: http://tb.ohchr.org/default.aspx 45 ICERD: A GUIDE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS