International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

A/RES/59/176View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 103 Elimination of racism and racial discrimination, published in 2005.

What else is in this group?

14 documents · 1966–2017

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2017).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2017	A/RES/71/180	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	263	–
2015	A/RES/69/161	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	318	–
2013	A/RES/67/156	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	1,941	–
2011	A/RES/65/200	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	2,051	–
2009	A/RES/63/243	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	1,704	–

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What subjects does this mandate have?

16 subjects

Advisory Services Conferences Cooperation Between Organizations Gender Mainstreaming Information Exchange International Obligations Periodic Reports Programme Implementation Racial Discrimination Report Preparation Reservations and Declarations Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Technical Cooperation Treaty-Monitoring Bodies Written Communications Xenophobia

What’s in this document?

23 operative paragraphs

I.Reports of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Takes note of the reports of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on its sixty-second and sixty-third⁶ and its sixty-fourth and sixty-fifth⁷ sessions;

⁶Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/58/18).

⁷Ibid., Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 18 (A/59/18).

Commends the Committee for its contributions to the effective implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,1 especially through the examination of reports under article 9 of the Convention, action on communications under article 14 of the Convention and thematic discussions, which contribute to the prevention and elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;

Calls upon States parties to fulfil their obligation, under article 9, paragraph 1, of the Convention, to submit their periodic reports on measures taken to implement the Convention in due time;

Expresses its concern at the fact that a great number of reports are overdue and continue to be overdue, in particular initial reports, which constitutes an obstacle to the full implementation of the Convention;

Encourages States parties to the Convention whose reports are seriously overdue to avail themselves of the advisory services and technical assistance that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights can provide, upon their request, for the preparation of the reports;

Encourages the Committee to continue to cooperate and exchange information with United Nations bodies and mechanisms, in particular with the Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and with intergovernmental organizations, as well as with non-governmental organizations;

Encourages States parties to continue to include a gender perspective in their reports to the Committee, and invites the Committee to take into account a gender perspective in the implementation of its mandate;

Notes with appreciation the engagement of the Committee in the follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action;3

Expresses its appreciation for the efforts made so far by the Committee to improve the efficiency of its working methods, and encourages the Committee to continue its activities in this regard;

Encourages the continued participation of members of the Committee in the annual inter-committee meetings and meetings of chairpersons of the human rights treaty bodies, especially with a view to a more coordinated approach to the activities of the treaty body system and standardized reporting;

II.Financial situation of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the financial situation of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination;⁸

⁸A/59/276.

Expresses its profound concern at the fact that a number of States parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination have still not fulfilled their financial obligations, as shown in the report of the Secretary-General, and strongly appeals to all States parties that are in arrears to fulfil their outstanding financial obligations under article 8, paragraph 6, of the Convention;

Strongly urges States parties to the Convention to accelerate their domestic ratification procedures with regard to the amendment to the Convention concerning the financing of the Committee and to notify the Secretary-General expeditiously in writing of their agreement to the amendment, as decided upon at the Fourteenth Meeting of States Parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination on 15 January 1992,4 endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 47/111 and further reiterated at the Sixteenth Meeting of States Parties on 16 January 1996;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure adequate financial arrangements and to provide the necessary support, including an adequate level of Secretariat assistance, in order to ensure the functioning of the Committee and to enable it to cope with its increasing amount of work;

Also requests the Secretary-General to invite those States parties to the Convention that are in arrears to pay the amounts in arrears, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session;

III.Status of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;⁹

⁹A/59/275.

Expresses its satisfaction at the number of States that have ratified or acceded to the Convention, which now stands at one hundred and seventy;

Urges States parties to comply fully with their obligations under the Convention and to take into consideration the concluding observations and general recommendations of the Committee;

Reaffirms its conviction that ratification of or accession to the Convention on a universal basis and the implementation of its provisions are necessary for the effectiveness of the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and for the implementation of the commitments undertaken under the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action;

Urges all States that have not yet become parties to the Convention to ratify or accede to it as a matter of urgency, with a view to achieving universal ratification by 2005;

Urges States to limit the extent of any reservation they lodge to the Convention and to formulate any reservation as precisely and as narrowly as possible in order to ensure that no reservation is incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention, to review their reservations on a regular basis with a view to withdrawing them, and to withdraw reservations that are contrary to the object and purpose of the Convention;

Notes that the number of States parties to the Convention that have made the declaration provided for in article 14 of the Convention now stands at forty-five, and requests the States parties that have not yet done so to consider making that declaration;

Decides to consider, at its sixty-first session, under the item entitled “Elimination of racism and racial discrimination”, the reports of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on its sixty-sixth and sixty-seventh and its sixty-eighth and sixty-ninth sessions, the report of the Secretary-General on the financial situation of the Committee and the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention.