Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

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United Nations treaty body expert committee human rights treaty body monitoring body

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is a body of independent experts that monitors states’ implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and issues recommendations to combat racial discrimination worldwide.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
CERD	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty body ⓘ expert committee ⓘ human rights treaty body ⓘ monitoring body ⓘ
adoptedUnder	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
aimsTo	eliminate racial discrimination ⓘ promote equality between races ⓘ
basedOnTreaty	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ⓘ
canConsider	individual complaints ⓘ inter-State complaints ⓘ
cooperatesWith	other UN human rights treaty bodies ⓘ
countryOfHeadquarters	Switzerland ⓘ
electsMembersBy	States parties to the Convention ⓘ
establishedBy	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ⓘ
fullName	Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination self-link ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	18 ⓘ
holds	sessions ⓘ
issues	concluding observations ⓘ decisions on individual communications ⓘ decisions on inter-State communications ⓘ general recommendations ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
meetsIn	Geneva ⓘ
membersAre	independent experts ⓘ
membersServeIn	personal capacity ⓘ
monitorsComplianceOf	States parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ⓘ
monitorsImplementationOf	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ⓘ
parentOrganization	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
partOf	United Nations treaty bodies ⓘ surface form: United Nations human rights treaty body system
reportsTo	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
requiresForIndividualComplaints	declaration under Article 14 of the Convention ⓘ
reviews	periodic reports of States parties ⓘ
scopeOfWork	all forms of racial discrimination ⓘ
sessionsPerYear	2 or 3 ⓘ
shortName	Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CERD
typeOfDiscriminationAddressed	descent-based discrimination ⓘ ethnic discrimination ⓘ national origin discrimination ⓘ racial discrimination ⓘ
website	https://www.ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodies/cerd ⓘ
yearEstablished	1969 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination → fullName → Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination self-link ⓘ

United Nations treaty bodies → includes → Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ⓘ

United Nations human rights system → monitoredBy → Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ⓘ

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

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination → shortName → Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CERD