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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 11
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Review, adopt and implement national strategies and programmes with a view to improving the situation of people of African descent and protecting them against discrimination by State agencies and public officials, as well as by any persons, group or organization.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 17
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Effectively acknowledge in their policies and actions the negative effects of the wrongs occasioned on people of African descent in the past, chief among which are colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade, the effects of which continue to disadvantage people of African descent today.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
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- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
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- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 39
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Take measures to prevent the use of illegal force, torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or discrimination by the police or other law enforcement agencies and officials against people of African descent, especially in connection with arrest and detention, and ensure that people of African descent are not victims of practices of racial or ethnic profiling.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 19
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Formulate and put in place comprehensive national strategies with the participation of people of African descent, including special measures in accordance with articles 1 and 2 of the Convention, in order to eliminate discrimination against people of African descent and ensure their full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 4c
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] [People of African descent live in many countries of the world, either dispersed among the local population or in communities, where they are entitled to exercise, without discrimination, individually or in community with other members of their group, as appropriate, the following specific rights:] The right to the protection of their traditional knowledge and their cultural and artistic heritage;
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 7
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] The Committee observes that overcoming the structural discrimination that affects people of African descent calls for the urgent adoption of special measures (affirmative action), as established in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (arts. 1, para. 4, and 2, para. 2). The need for special measures has been the subject of reiterated observations and recommendations made to the State parties under the Convention, summarized in general recommendation No. 32 (2009) on the meaning and scope of special measures in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 34
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] In assessing the impact of a country's system of administration of justice, take into consideration its general recommendation No. 31 (2005) on the prevention of racial discrimination in the administration and functioning of the criminal justice system, and pay particular attention to the measures below where they pertain to people of African descent.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 16
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Conduct periodic surveys, in line with paragraph 1 above, on the reality of discrimination against people of African descent and provide disaggregated data in their reports to the Committee on, inter alia, the geographical distribution and the economic and social conditions of people of African descent, including a gender perspective.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 61
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Review all the language in textbooks which conveys stereotyped or demeaning images, references, names or opinions concerning people of African descent and replace it with images, references, names and opinions which convey the message of the inherent dignity and equality of all human beings.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 1
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] For the purposes of this general recommendation, people of African descent are those referred to as such by the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and who identify themselves as people of African descent.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 2
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] The Committee is aware that millions of people of African descent are living in societies in which racial discrimination places them in the lowest positions in social hierarchies.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 3
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] People of African descent shall enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with international standards, in conditions of equality and without any discrimination.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 5
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] The Committee understands that racism and racial discrimination against people of African descent are expressed in many forms, notably structural and cultural.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 8
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] For the exercise of the rights of people of African descent, the Committee recommends that States parties adopt the following measures:
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 10
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Review and enact or amend legislation, as appropriate, in order to eliminate, in line with the Convention, all forms of racial discrimination against people of African descent.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 44
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Promote awareness among members of the communities of people of African descent of the importance of their active participation in public and political life and eliminate obstacles to such participation.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 45
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Take all necessary steps, including special measures, to secure equal opportunities for participation of people of African descent in all central and local government bodies.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 35
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Take all the necessary steps to secure equal access to the justice system for all people of African descent including by providing legal aid, facilitating individual or group claims, and encouraging non-governmental organizations to defend their rights.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 42
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Ensure that authorities at all levels in the State respect the right of members of communities of people of African descent to participate in decisions that affect them.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 12
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Fully implement legislation and other measures already in place to ensure that people of African descent are not discriminated against.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 59
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Take special measures to promote the employment of people of African descent in the public administration as well as in private companies.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 38
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Also ensure that measures taken in the fight against crimes, including terrorism, do not discriminate in purpose or effect on the grounds of race and colour.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 65
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Act with determination to eliminate any discrimination against students of African descent.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 15
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Strengthen existing institutions or create specialized institutions to promote respect for the equal human rights of people of African descent.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 18
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Adopt and implement special measures meant to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination against people of African descent, taking into account the Committee's general recommendation No. 32 (2009).
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 20
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Educate and raise the awareness of the public on the importance of special measures (affirmative action programmes) to address the situation of victims of racial discrimination, especially discrimination as a result of historical factors.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 33
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Encourage the development and implementation of methods of self-monitoring by the media through codes of conduct for media organizations in order to eliminate the use of racially discriminatory or biased language.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 60
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Develop and implement policies and projects aimed at avoiding the segregation of people of African descent in housing, and involve communities of people of African descent as partners in housing project construction, rehabilitation and maintenance.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 36
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Introduce into criminal law the provision that committing an offence with racist motivation or aim constitutes an aggravating circumstance allowing for a more severe punishment.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Racial discrimination against people of African descent 2011, para. 37
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- [Formulates the following recommendations addressed to States parties:] Ensure the prosecution of all persons who commit racially motivated crimes against people of African descent and guarantee the provision of adequate compensation for victims of such crimes.
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- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Document type
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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