UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination also to review Bahrain, Botswana, Brazil, France and Georgia
Durrant Pate/Contributor
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) is set to review Jamaica’s racial discrimination record later this month.
This is to occur during CERD’s upcoming session – from November 14 to December 2. Jamaica’s review will be undertaken from November 24-25.
Jamaica is among six countries whose racial discrimination record will be scrutinised by the Committee of 18 independent international experts on how these independent states are implementing the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
REQUIRED TO UNDERGO REGULAR REVIEWS
The other five states are Bahrain, Botswana, Brazil, France and Georgia. The six states are among the 182 signatories to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
They are required to undergo regular reviews by CERD, which has received the respective country reports and other submissions from non-governmental organisations and national human rights institutions.
They will discuss and address a range of issues with the six state delegations through public dialogues on the following dates at Geneva time:
- Bahrain
17 November 15:00-18:00 (Geneva time)
18 November 10:00-13:00
- Botswana
21 November 15:00-18:00 (Geneva time)
22 November 10:00-13:00
- Brazil
16 November 15:00-18:00 (Geneva time)
17 November 10:00-13:00
- France
15 November 15:00-18:00 (Geneva time)
16 November 10:00-13:00
- Georgia
23 November 15:00-18:00 (Geneva time)
24 November 10:00-13:00
- Jamaica
24 November 15:00-18:00 (Geneva time) 25 November 15:00-18:00
The above reviews will be held in the Ground Floor Conference Room of Palais Wilson in Geneva, broadcast live on UN Web TV and open to the press.
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