Fifty-sixth session (2000)
General recommendation XXVI on article 6 of the Convention
1.
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination believes that the degree to which
acts of racial discrimination and racial insults damage the injured party’s perception of his/her own
worth and reputation is often underestimated.
2.
The Committee notifies States parties that, in its opinion, the right to seek just and adequate
reparation or satisfaction for any damage suffered as a result of such discrimination, which is
embodied in article 6 of the Convention, is not necessarily secured solely by the punishment of the
perpetrator of the discrimination; at the same time, the courts and other competent authorities should
consider awarding financial compensation for damage, material or moral, suffered by a victim,
whenever appropriate.
1399th meeting,
24 March 2000
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