UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination publishes findings on Holy See, Lithuania, Egypt, Slovenia, Mongolia and Turkey

GENEVA (11 December  2015) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has published its findings on the countries it examined during its latest session from 23 November to 11 December: Holy See, Lithuania, Egypt, Slovenia, Mongolia and Turkey.

The findings contain positive aspects of how the respective State is implementing the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), highlight main matters of concern and make recommendations.
The reports, officially known as concluding observations, can be found here: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=998&Lang=en

During the session, the Committee marked the 50th anniversary of ICERD, one of the oldest international human rights treaties.

CERD’s next session will be from 25 April to 13 May, when members are due to  review Azerbaijan, Georgia, Namibia, Oman, Rwanda and Spain. More information here: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=1072&Lang=en

The Committee is composed of 18 international independent experts. 

ENDS

For more information and media requests, please contact:  Liz Throssell ethrossell@ohchr.org / 41 22 917 9466 / 41 79 752 0488

More on the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CERD/Pages/CERDIndex.aspx

Text of the Convention:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CERD.aspx

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