UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination publishes findings on Canada, Djibouti, Ecuador, Kuwait, New
Zealand, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and United Arab Emirates
GENEVA (28 August 2017) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has published its findings on the
countries it examined during its latest session from 31 July to 25 August: Canada, Djibouti, Ecuador, Kuwait, New
Zealand, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and United Arab Emirates.
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.
CERD’s next session will be from 20 November to 8 December 2017 when members will review how Algeria, Australia,
Belarus, Jordan, Serbia and Slovakia are implementing the Convention.
For more information go here.
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Background
The 18 members of CERD are independent human rights experts drawn from around the world, who serve in their personal
capacity and not as representatives of States parties. The Committee’s concluding observations are an independent
assessment of States’ compliance with their human rights obligations under the treaty. More information on the
Committee: http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/cerd/pages/cerdindex.aspx
Scoop copy of NZ report: CERD_C_NZL_CO_2122_28724_E.pdf