Russia/UN. PRESS RELEASE. Russia: UN Committee demands to halt increasing racial discrimination

Paris – Geneva – Saint-Petersburg – Moscow, August 19, 2008 – The
United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(CERD), an independent body which monitors implementation of the
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination, has just released uncompromising recommendations
regarding the increase in discriminatory practices and violence against
migrants and ethnic minorities in Russia.