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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination holds regular thematic discussions on issues related to racial discrimination and the Convention. During these thematic discussions, the Committee holds an informal meeting to allow States parties, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations wishing to do so to express their views on the subject. The Committee then continues the thematic discussion in a public plenary meeting.
The Committee receives written information from NGOs on the subject under discussion and NGOs wishing to make a 5-minute oral intervention during the meeting should inform the Secretariat of the Committee and provide an electronic version and 20 hard copies of their oral intervention.
Past discussions have focused on the following topics:
| Year | Topic | Summary records |
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| 2022 | Racial discrimination and the right to health More about this topic |
SR.2914 | SR.2915 |
| 2017 | Racial Discrimination in Today's World: Racial profiling, ethnic cleansing and current global issues and challenges More about this topic |
SR.2600 |
| 2012 | Racist hate speech More about this topic |
SR.2196 | SR.2197 |
| 2011 | Racial discrimination against People of African descent More about this topic |
SR.2080 | SR.2081 |
| 2008 | 4 - 5 August 2008: Thematic discussion on "special measures / affirmative action" Info note in English (Word) |
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| 2005 | Declaration on the prevention of genocide CERD/C/66/1 (Word) |
SR.1683 | SR.1684 |
| 2005 | Follow up procedure to the Declaration on Prevention of Genocide - Indicators of Systematic and massive patterns of racial discrimination CERD/C/67/1 (Word) |
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| 2004 | Non-citizens and racial discrimination | SR.1624 |SR.1625 |
| 2002 | Discrimination based on descent | SR.1531 |
| 2000 | Discrimination against Roma | SR.1422 | SR.1423 |