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Title | Date added | Template | Original document | Paragraph text | Body | Document type | Thematics | Topic(s) | Person(s) affected | Year |
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Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Convention (Descent) 2002, para. 16 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Strongly condemning descent-based discrimination, such as discrimination on the basis of caste and analogous systems of inherited status, as a violation of the Convention, | Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | General Comment / Recommendation |
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Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Convention (Descent) 2002, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Reaffirming also the condemnation of discrimination against persons of Asian and African descent and indigenous and other forms of descent in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, | Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | General Comment / Recommendation |
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| 2002 | ||
Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Convention (Descent) 2002, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Strongly reaffirming that discrimination based on "descent" includes discrimination against members of communities based on forms of social stratification such as caste and analogous systems of inherited status which nullify or impair their equal enjoyment of human rights, | Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | General Comment / Recommendation |
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Prevention of racial discrimination in the administration and functioning of the criminal justice system 2004, para. 12 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Determined to combat all forms of discrimination in the administration and functioning of the criminal justice system which may be suffered, in all countries of the world, by persons belonging to racial or ethnic groups, in particular non citizens including immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers and stateless persons Roma/Gypsies, indigenous peoples, displaced populations, persons discriminated against because of their descent, as well as other vulnerable groups which are particularly exposed to exclusion, marginalization and non integration in society, paying particular attention to the situation of women and children belonging to the aforementioned groups, who are susceptible to multiple discrimination because of their race and because of their sex or their age, | Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | General Comment / Recommendation |
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Female circumcision 1990, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Noting with satisfaction that Governments, where such practices exist, national women's organizations, non-governmental organizations, specialized agencies, such as the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, as well as the Commission on Human Rights and its Submission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, remain seized of the issue having particularly recognized that such traditional practices as female circumcision have serious health and other consequences for women and children, | Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women | General Comment / Recommendation |
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