7 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF POLAND
11 February 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined twentieth and twenty-first periodic report of Poland on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Piotr Stachanczyk, Secretary of State at the Ministry of the Interior of Poland, said that Poland had taken a number of measures aimed at reinforcing legal guarantees of equal treatment and in the area of preventing hate crimes. In 2011, certain European Union…
7 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION DISCUSSES SITUATION IN POLAND AND SWITZERLAND WITH NGOS
10 February 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning held an interactive dialogue with non-governmental organizations from Poland and Switzerland. The report of Poland will be reviewed by the Committee this afternoon and tomorrow morning, and the report of Switzerland will be reviewed on 14 and 17 February.
A representative of a non-governmental organization from Poland said that the Equality Act, adopted in 2010, was not functioning well. In addition, Government programs implemented over the past years had not…
7 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF BELGIUM
07 February 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined sixteenth to nineteenth periodic report of Belgium on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Veronique LeFrancq, Counsellor for Equal Opportunities in the Ministry of the Interior and Equal Opportunities, said that in recent years, Belgium had ratified a number of United Nations and Council of Europe human rights texts, including the Convention on the…
7 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF MONTENEGRO
06 February 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination yesterday completed its consideration of the combined second to third report of Montenegro on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Suad Numanović, Minister of Human Rights and Minority Rights, said that, since regaining its independence in May 2006, Montenegro had made significant progress in the development and building of a stable legislative and institutional system…
7 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF HONDURAS
05 February 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined initial to fifth periodic report of Honduras on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Giampaolo Rizzo Alvarado, Deputy Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that Honduras recognized that the indigenous people and people of African origin in Honduras had suffered discrimination throughout history. The…
7 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION DISCUSSES SITUATION IN BELGIUM WITH A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
04 February 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning held an interactive dialogue with a non-governmental organization from Belgium on the situation of racial discrimination in the country. The report of Belgium will be reviewed by the Committee on 6 and 7 February. The reports of Honduras and Montenegro will also be reviewed this week but no non-governmental organizations from those two countries were present today.
Representatives of La Ligue des droits de l’Homme, a Belgian non-governmental…
7 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS EIGHTY-FOURTH SESSION
03 February 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination opened its eighty-fourth session this morning, hearing an address by Simon Walker, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section at the Human Rights Treaty Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee elected a new Chairperson, three Vice-Chairpersons and a Rapporteur, and adopted its agenda and programme of work as proposed. The programme of work included the review of reports submitted by Honduras, Montenegro, Belgium, Poland,…
7 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES EIGHTY-THIRD SESSION
30 August 2013
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Chile, Chad, Venezuela, Burkina Faso, Belarus, Jamaica, Sweden and Cyprus
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-third session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Chile, Chad, Venezuela, Burkina Faso, Belarus, Jamaica, Sweden and Cyprus on how these countries are implementing the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
The concluding observations and recommendations will be…
7 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF CYPRUS
26 August 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today considered the combined seventeenth to twenty-second periodic report of Cyprus on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Leda Koursoumba, Law Commissioner of Cyprus, said Cyprus had achieved many important goals in the battle against racial discrimination, especially since accession to the European Union in 2004. Despite its economic difficulties Cyprus was determined to continue to ensure full…
7 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF SWEDEN
23 August 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined nineteenth to twenty-first periodic reports of Sweden on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Jasenko Selimovic, State Secretary, Ministry of Employment, said that Sweden was an open and inclusive country based on diversity. It was implementing many measures to combat racial discrimination, including a three-year initiative to enhance awareness of xenophobia…
