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Mr. Linos-Alexander Sicilianos
Professor of Law
University of Athens
Rapporteur of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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Human Rights
Racial Discrimination
The Application of the United Nations Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of
Racial Discrimination: Challenges Ahead
My submission is that the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is nowadays more relevant than ever and that it covers a broad range of discriminatory practices concerning hundreds of millions of people throughout the globe.
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Human Rights
Racial Discrimination
The Application of the United Nations Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination:
Challenges Ahead |
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| Selected Sources |
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International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, adopted by the UN General Assembly on 21 December 1965, UNTS, vol. 660, p. 195. |
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Annual Reports of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to the UN General Assembly, 2000-2008, UN doc. A/55/18 (2000), A/56/18 (2001), A/57/18 (2002), A/58/18 (2003), A/59/18 (2004), A/60/18 (2005), A/61/18 (2006), A/62/18 (2007), A/63/18 (2008) |
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General recommendation XXV on gender-related dimensions of racial discrimination, in UN doc. A/55/18(16.7 KB) |
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General recommendation XXVII on discrimination against Roma, in UN doc. A/55/18(29.8 KB) |
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General recommendation XXIX on descent-based discrimination, in UN doc. A/57/18(30.8 KB) |
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General recommendation XXX on discrimination against non-citizens, in UN doc. A/59/18(30.1 KB) |
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General recommendation XXXI on the prevention of racial discrimination in the administration and functioning of the criminal justice system, in UN doc. A/60/18 |
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Views of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and its Effectiveness, UN doc. E/CN.4/2004/WG.21/10/Add.1(42.8 KB) |
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| Selected Bibliography |
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Banton M., International Action Against Racial Discrimination, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1996 |
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Bidault M., Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale. Analyse d’une dynamique institutionnelle, Paris, Montchrestien, 1997 |
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De Gouttes R., Le rôle du Comité des Nations Unies pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale, 12 Revue trimestrielle des droits de l’homme (2001), pp. 567-584 |
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Dhommeaux J., Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale : 15 ans de jurisprudence, L’Europe des libertés (November 2003), pp. 3-13 |
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Keane D., Descent-based Discrimination in International Law: A Legal History, 11 International Journal on Minority and Group Rights (2005), pp. 93-116 |
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Lerner N., The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Alphen aan den Rijn, Sijthoff & Noordhoff, 1980 |
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Schwelb E., The International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 15 International and Comparative Law Quarterly (1966), pp. 996 seq. |
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Sicilianos L.-A., Les potentialités de la Convention pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale. – À propos de la Recommandation générale concernant la discrimination fondée sur l’ascendance, in Libertés, justice, tolérance. Mélanges en hommage au Doyen Gérard Cohen-Jonathan, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2004, vol. II, pp. 1385-1397 |
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Sicilianos L.-A., L’actualité et les potentialités de la Convention sur l’élimination de la discrimination raciale. À propos du 40e anniversaire de son adoption, 16 Revue trimestrielle des droits de l’homme (2005), pp. 869-921 |
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Thornberry P., The International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Oxford University Press (forthcoming) |
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Valencia Rodriguez L., The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Manual on Human Rights Reporting, UN, Geneva, 1997, UN doc. HR/PUB/91/1, Rev. 1, pp. 267-304 |
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