16 November 2020 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination opened its 102nd session online, hearing statements from Simon Walker, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section at the Office of the United Nations High…
Theme: CERD
Press Release of ADC Memorial and the Human Rights Movement Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan In alternative information submitted to UN CERD in October 2020, ADC Memorial and Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan expressed their concern about the plight of ethnic minorities in a…
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination sent an official request to the government of Belarus regarding the measures aimed at guarantees of the rights of Roma minority following the massive arrests of Roma in Mahileu and other…
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination forwarded the official request to the government of the Russian Federation asking to provide information on the anti-Roma pogroms in Chemodanovka (Penza region, 2019) and and on the forced eviction of…
In August, within the early warning and urgent action procedure the UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination observed the situation of the anti-Dungan pogroms in the villages of Korday District, Jambyl Oblast in Kazakhstan (7-8 February 2020). In the…
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention sent the government of Belarus questions about the mass arrests and inhuman treatment of members of the Roma community in Mogilev and other cities in…