ICERD

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ICERD is a key United Nations human rights treaty that obliges states to prevent, prohibit, and eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations human rights treaty
international human rights instrument
multilateral treaty
abbreviationOfMonitoringBody Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
surface form: CERD
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
adoptionDate 1965-12-21
adoptionPlace New York City
appliesTo all forms of racial discrimination
belongsToRegime international anti-discrimination law
international human rights law
category core international human rights treaty
contains 25 articles
preamble
defines racial discrimination
definitionArticle Article 1
depository Secretary-General of the United Nations
entryIntoForceDate 1969-01-04
establishes Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
fullName International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
individualCommunicationsProcedureArticle Article 14
interStateCommunicationsProcedureArticle Article 11
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalObligation obliges States parties to eliminate racial discrimination
obliges States parties to prevent racial discrimination
obliges States parties to prohibit racial discrimination
monitoringBody Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
obliges States parties to condemn racial segregation and apartheid
States parties to criminalize acts of violence against any race or group of persons of another colour or ethnic origin
States parties to criminalize dissemination of ideas based on racial superiority or hatred
States parties to criminalize incitement to racial discrimination
States parties to outlaw organizations that promote and incite racial discrimination
openForSignatureTo all UN Member States
members of specialized agencies of the United Nations
providesFor individual communications procedure
inter-state communications procedure
relatedTo International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
requires States parties to amend or repeal discriminatory laws and regulations
States parties to prohibit and bring to an end racial discrimination by any persons, groups or organizations
States parties to review governmental, national and local policies
periodic reports by States parties to CERD
shortName ICERD self-linksurface differs
subjectMatter elimination of racial discrimination
prohibition of racial discrimination
promotion of equality
UNGeneralAssemblyResolutionNumber UN General Assembly resolution 2106 (XX)
surface form: Resolution 2106 (XX)

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ICERD shortName ICERD self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination