International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

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United Nations human rights treaty core human rights instrument international human rights treaty

The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is a core United Nations human rights treaty that obliges states to prohibit and eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and promote understanding among all races.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
CERD Convention	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations human rights treaty ⓘ core human rights instrument ⓘ international human rights treaty ⓘ
administeredBy	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate	1965-12-21 ⓘ
adoptionResolution	UN General Assembly resolution 2106 (XX) ⓘ
allows	individual communications procedure (for States that have accepted it) ⓘ inter-state complaints procedure ⓘ
articleCount	25 articles ⓘ
belongsTo	international bill of human rights core treaties ⓘ
defines	racial discrimination ⓘ
depository	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
entryIntoForceDate	1969-01-04 ⓘ
establishesBody	Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ⓘ
focusesOn	elimination of racial discrimination in private life ⓘ elimination of racial discrimination in public life ⓘ
geographicalScope	worldwide ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	legally binding on States parties ⓘ
monitoringBody	Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ⓘ
obligesStatesTo	eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms ⓘ prohibit racial discrimination ⓘ promote understanding among all races ⓘ
openedForSignatureDate	1966-03-07 ⓘ
prohibits	apartheid ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ
protectsRight	civil rights without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin ⓘ economic, social and cultural rights without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin ⓘ equal treatment before tribunals and all other organs administering justice ⓘ political rights without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin ⓘ
reportingObligation	periodic reports by States parties to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ⓘ
requiresStatesTo	amend or repeal laws and regulations that create or perpetuate racial discrimination ⓘ condemn racial discrimination ⓘ criminalize acts of violence against any race or group of persons of another colour or ethnic origin ⓘ criminalize dissemination of ideas based on racial superiority or hatred ⓘ criminalize incitement to racial discrimination ⓘ guarantee the right of everyone to equality before the law ⓘ prohibit and bring to an end racial discrimination by any persons, groups or organizations ⓘ prohibit organizations that promote and incite racial discrimination ⓘ pursue policies eliminating racial discrimination ⓘ review governmental, national and local policies ⓘ
shortName	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CERD Convention ICERD ⓘ
subjectMatter	human rights ⓘ racial discrimination ⓘ

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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination → basedOnTreaty → International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ⓘ

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination → establishedBy → International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly treaties → hasExample → International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ⓘ

United Nations human rights system → includesInstrument → International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ⓘ

United Nations system of international law → includesInstrument → International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ⓘ

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination → monitorsImplementationOf → International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ⓘ

United Nations treaty bodies → monitorsTreaty → International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ⓘ

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination → shortName → International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CERD Convention