GENEVA (17 November 2023) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) will hold its upcoming session from 20 November to 8 December, during which it will review the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Morocco, Germany, South Africa, Bulgaria and Viet Nam.

The six countries are among the 182 States parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. They are required to undergo regular reviews by the Committee of 18 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Convention.

The Committee, which has received respective country reports and other submissions from non-governmental organisations and national human rights institutions, will discuss and address a range of issues with the six State delegations through public dialogues on the following dates at Geneva time:

Bolivia
21 November 15:00-17:00
22 November 15:00-17:00

Morocco
22 November 10:00-13:00
23 November 10:00-13:00

Germany
23 November 15:00-18:00
24 November 10:00-13:00

South Africa
27 November 15:00-18:00
28 November 10:00-13:00

Bulgaria
28 November 15:00-18:00
29 November 10:00-13:00

Viet Nam
29 November 15:00-18:00
30 November 10:00-13:00

The above reviews will be held in the Ground Floor Conference Room of Palais Wilson in Geneva. All public meetings are open to accredited journalists and livecast on UN Web TV. More information about the session, including reports submitted by the States and full schedule of meetings, is available on the session page.