Date : 2014.02.04

IMADR carries out following activities through the cooperation with the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD):

• Monitor the sessions and cooperate with the Committee;
• Provide information and lobby at CERD sessions on country situations; and
• Assist human rights defenders and civil society organizations to engage with the Committee.

Session summaries

2021

• 105th session: Chile, Denmark, Singapore, Switzerland and Thailand
• 104th session (online): Lebanon and the Netherlands
• 103rd session (online): Belgium 

2020

• 102nd session (online/ no review of States parties)
• 101st session (online/ no review of States parties)

2019

• 100th session: Cambodia, Colombia, Ireland, Israel and Uzbekistan
• 99th session: Czech Republic, El Salvador, Iceland, Mexico, Mongolia, Poland and the State of Palestine
• 98th session: Andorra, Guatemala, Hungary, Lithuania and Zambia

2018

• 97th session: Albania, Honduras, Iraq, Norway, Qatar and the Republic of Korea
• 96th session: Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, China (Hong Kong), China (Macau), Cuba, Japan, Latvia, Mauritius and Montenegro
• 95th session: Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Nepal, Peru, Saudi Arabia and Sweden

2017

• 94th session: Algeria, Australia, Belarus, Jordan, Serbia and Slovakia
• 93rd session: Canada, Djibouti, Ecuador, Kuwait, New Zealand, Russia, Tajikistan and the United Arab Emirates 
• 92nd session: Armenia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, Kenya and Moldova

2016

• 91st session: Argentina, Italy, Portugal, Togo, Turkmenistan and Uruguay
• 90th session: Greece, Lebanon, Pakistan, Paraguay, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Ukraine and the United Kingdom
• 89th session: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Namibia, Oman, Rwanda and Spain

2015

• 88th session: Egypt; Holy See; Lithuania; Mongolia; Slovenia; and Turkey
• 87th session: Colombia; Costa Rica; Niger; Suriname; Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Czech Republic; Norway; and the Netherlands
• 86th session: France; Guatemala; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Sudan; Germany; and Denmark

Documents

• ICERD and CERD: A Guide for Civil Society Actors (2011) | English, Spanish, French
• Template for Civil Society Actors: Follow-up Information on the CERD recommendations (2016) | English, Spanish, Italian

Useful Links

• ICERD/ CERD
• OHCHR anti-discrimination database
• Jurisprudence | UN treaty bodies database

Contact

• Contact us at geneva[@]imadr.org for inquiry or support.