MINELRES: Fwd: Next session of CERD in August 2003
MINELRES moderator
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Fri Apr 25 10:47:28 2003
Original sender: Chris Chapman <[email protected]>
Dear colleagues,
please see below for the confirmed list of countries which will be
examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
in August this year, and information about the session.
MRG can offer advice on how to prepare information to submit to the
committee. Please also refer to the manual for NGOs on this subject,
published by MRG and IMADR, which can be downloaded from our website if
you don't have it already.
Kind regards,
Chris Chapman
International Officer
Minority Rights Group International
379 Brixton Road
London SW9 7DE
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7978 9498 ext. 314
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7738 6265
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.minorityrights.org
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From: [email protected]
Subject: next session of CERD in August 2003
Dear Colleagues,
Please kindly and immediately disseminate the message below regarding
the next session of CERD as widely as possible using thematic/regional
networks you belong to, or through our/your members and partners.
Thank you.
Atsuko
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
The next sixty-third session of the United Nations Committee on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) will take place in Geneva
from 4 to 22 August 2003, to examine the implementation by the following
states parties of the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD):
A: examination of initial or periodic reports:
Finland
Bolivia
Latvia
Norway
Cape Verde
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Republic of Korea
Islamic Republic of Iran
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Albania
Czech Republic
B. Review countries (those states parties have extremely over-due
reports, and thus will be examined without updated states' reports)
Bahamas
Tajikistan
Suriname
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Laos People's Democratic Republic
Malawi
Zambia
Information relevant to provisions of ICERD by NGOs, and individuals and
peoples affected by racial discrimination such as minority groups,
indigenous peoples, migrants and so forth, is crucial for the
comprehensive examination by the Committee which can lead to the
adoption of useful recommendations for domestic efforts to fight against
racial discrimination.
Information may be submitted in the form of a so-called 'shadow report'.
Any other forms of submission, however, can be also useful provided that
it is relevant to the Convention, and contains reliable and updated
information.
Taking into account the time that the Secretariat and/or individual
members of the Committee will need to process, absolve and study
information they receive, it is highly recommended that relevant
materials be sent to the Secretariat and/or to individual members as
early as possible prior to the session. Those NGOs which require time
to prepare 'proper' submission like a 'shadow report', may send whatever
they can have/prepare first by 15 May in order for the CERD Secretariat
to refer to NGO sources in 'country presentations' to be sent to the
members, and then later, still as early as possible prior to the
session, send more comprehensive and well structured reports.
Please contact the CERD Secretariat ([email protected]), or IMADR
Geneva Office ([email protected])/IMADR International Secretariat
(e-mail: [email protected]) for any questions you may have in this
regard.
The practical guides for NGOs interested in ICERD/CERD are also provided
in the manual jointly published by IMADR and Minority Rights Group
International. Please visit IMADR website: www.imadr.org to download the
manual.
We look forward to your contribution.
Atsuko Tanaka
Permanent Representative to the United Nations
The International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and
Racism (IMADR)
Geneva Office
150, route de Ferney, C.P.2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland
Tel. (41 22) 791 6263; fax (41 22) 791 6480; e-mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.imadr.org