Fwd: MRG new report: Combating Racial Discrimination
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Fwd: MRG new report: Combating Racial Discrimination
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Combating Racial Discrimination: the UN and its Member States
by Michael Banton
The World Conference against Racism is due to be held in 2001. MRG's
new Report Combating Racial Discrimination: the UN and its Member
States offers a timely overview of how far various governments have
moved, and of how much remains to be done in the global fight to
address racial discrimination. Using the International Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), MRG's
Report assesses the effectiveness of this Convention and its
monitoring body against a backdrop of 'ethnic cleansing', genocide,
racially motivated violence and other forms of racial hatred. Michael
Banton, gives a comprehensive account of the United Nations' 'Decades
against Racism' and details the work of ICERD's monitoring body - The
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) - a body
which he is well placed to comment on, having been both Chair and
Rapporteur of CERD in recent years. The author develops the text into
a state-by-state discussion on actions to combat racial
discrimination, and CERD's opinions and recommendations. The Report
looks ahead to further actions and suggests ways forward to ensure
that the outcomes of the World Conference against Racism lead to real
improvements in the quality of life of all of the world's peoples.
Michael Banton has been a member of the United Nations CERD since
1986, being Chairman from 1996-8 and Rapporteur from 1990-6 and
1998-2000. He is the author of numerous books and other publications
on racism and related issues.
Series: Minority Rights Group Reports, ISSN 0305 6252, ISBN 1 897693
680
Publication date: December 2000, A4, wirebound, 35pp, 6.70 per copy
inc.
P&P (6.95/US$11.75 outside the UK/EIRE).
For further information please contact:
Graham Fox
Marketing and Publicity Officer
Minority Rights Group International
379 Brixton Road
London
SW9 7DE
UK
Tel +44 (0)20 7978 9498 x205
Fax +44 (0)20 7738 6265
[email protected]
www.minorityrights.org
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