Publications
Reports & SubmissionsIMADR publishes guidebooks related to ICERD and/or CERD and books on our areas of focus. Discover our books and guidebooks by filtering your search. * IMADR books are available for purchase.
Child-friendly ICERD and its standards
IMADR and Child Rights Connect published the child-friendly version of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) and its standards.
It explains Articles of the Convention and key General Recommendations on specific groups, in English, French and Spanish, in a child-friendly language.
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ICERD and CERD: A Guide for Civil Society Actors
We published ICERD and CERD: A Guide for Civil Society Actors, consisting of three substantial parts: the first part on the Convention, the second one on the Committee and its work, and the third part on how civil society actors can or should engage with them.
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13 Contemporary Forms of Racial Discrimination
Reflections of Our Times
Racial discrimination is not new, yet it is manifested in various forms based on different contexts that change from time to time, and place to place. This is a compilation of the latest information from human rights experts, researchers and movement leaders, all of whom have long been associated with IMADR and are well placed to observe the changes with our times.
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Dalits in India (Outcastes): History, Situation, Challenges
We have produced a photgraphic book to show the history and reality of discrimination against, and liberation movement of, the Dalits in India (Outcastes).
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Reality of Buraku Discrimination in Japan: History, Situation, Challenges
This booklet illustrates the Buraku discrimination issue from a historical perspective and in the today’s social context. Containing numerous photos, graphs and statistical tables, it helps readers gain an easy yet comprehensive understanding of the problem. This booklet is unique as its text is in both English and Japanese.
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12 Minority Women Rise Up
A Collaborative Survey on Ainu, Buraku and Korean Women in Japan
This book focuses on the issue of multiple discrimination against minority women in Japan. It provides an introduction to Japan's minorities, and explains the process that led to the minority women coming together to create a survey, and the results gleaned from it. It also includes recommendations made to the Japanese government and civil society.
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11. The Struggle For Human Rights and Peace in Sri Lanka
Though published in early 2009, right before the forced termination of the war in Sri Lanka, this book is still relevant to the current situation of the country. Many camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) remain, where people are facing a humanitarian crisis. Researchers and NGO activists contributed to the on-the-ground reports in this volume.
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10 Human Trafficking And Racism
Exploring the Links between Marginalization and Exploitative Migration
Exploitative migration takes place in connection with marginalization. Those subject to marginalization usually belong to minority communities. This book explores into this old yet on-going issue from different perspectives. Edited and published in December 2006 by IMADR.
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9 Descent – Based Discrimination
250 million worldwide oppressed under caste and analogous systems of inherited status
Racial discrimination based on descent is a challenge for all human beings. Two and a half million people throughout the world continually suffer from this form of discrimination. This is a compilation of reports and theses contributed by those working towards the elimination of discrimination based on descent at different levels, including at the UN, and as individual experts or civil society activists. Though published in 2004, almost nothing has changed regarding the facts and data contained in this book.
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