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 Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination concludes eighty-fourth session

 

 

Adopts
Concluding Observations on Reports of Honduras, Montenegro, Belgium,
Poland, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg and Switzerland

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today
concluded its eighty-fourth session after adopting its concluding
observations and recommendations on the reports of Honduras, Montenegro,
Belgium, Poland, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg and Switzerland on
how these countries are implementing the provisions of the International
Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. It also adopted
its report of the session.

During the session, in addition to
reviewing the eight country reports, the Committee held public informal
meetings with non-governmental organizations from the countries under
review, and briefed States parties on new working methods as well as on
General Recommendation 34 on combating racial discrimination against
people of African descent, and General Recommendation 35 on combating
racist hate speech.

At the closing meeting this afternoon Dilip
Lahiri, Rapporteur of the Committee, presented the draft report of the
eighty-third and eighty-fourth sessions. Mr. Lahiri said he had included
in the report a number of situations considered by the Committee under
its early warning and urgent action procedure. Also included was a list
of States parties whose reports were seriously overdue, as well as
information on follow-up to reports submitted by State parties under
article 9 of the Convention. Individual communications received and
dealt with were also part of the report. The report was then adopted by
the Committee.

In concluding remarks the Chairperson of the
Committee, Jose Francisco Cali Tzay, thanked committee members for their
work during a particularly busy session. In addition to eight country
reports, the Committee had examined one individual case, four cases
under the early warning process and four States parties under follow-up
procedures. The Chairperson expressed satisfaction with the work
accomplished.

The concluding observations and recommendations for the States parties reviewed this session will be made available on the Committee’s webpage.