Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Summary

Formulates recommendations addressed to States parties on the following topics:

• Rights
• Measures of a general nature
• The place and role of special measures
• Gender-related dimensions of racial discrimination
• Racial discrimination against children
• Protection against hate speech and racial violence
• Administration of justice
• Civil and political rights
• Access to citizenship
• Economic, social and cultural rights
• Measures in the field of education

Day of general discussion
7 March 2011

A day-long thematic discussion on racial discrimination against people of African descent was held in the seventy-eighth session (February–March 2011) on the occasion of the International Year for People of African Descent, in which the Committee heard and exchanged ideas with States parties, United Nations organs and specialized agencies, special rapporteurs and their representatives, as well as non-governmental organizations, and decided to clarify some aspects of discrimination against such people and further support the struggle to overcome this discrimination worldwide.