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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - General Comments

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination publishes its interpretation of the content of human rights provisions, in the form of general comments (referred to as "general recommendations" in the practice of this committee) on thematic issues.

The Committee has issued the following general comments (general recommendations):

No.	Subject	Date
31	General Recommendation XXXI on the prevention of racial discrimination in the administration and functioning of the criminal justice system	2005	E \| F \| S
30	Non-citizens	2004
29	Article 1(1) regarding descent	2002
28	Follow-up to the World Conference against Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance	2002
27	Discrimination against Roma	2000
26	Article 6	2000
25	Gender-related dimensions of racial discrimination	2000
24	Article 1	1999
23	Rights of indigenous peoples	1997
22	Article 5 on refugees and displaced persons	1996
21	Right to self-determination	1996
20	Article 5	1996
19	Article 3 (Racial Segregation)	1995
18	Establishment of an international tribunal to prosecute crimes against humanity	1994
17	Establishment of national institutions to facilitate implementation of the Convention	1993
16	Application of article 9	1993
15	Article 4	1993
14	Article 1(1)	1993
13	Training of law enforcement officials in protection of human rights	1993
12	Successor States	1993
11	Non-citizens	1993
10	Technical assistance	1991
9	Independence of experts (Application of article 8 (1))	1990
8	Interpretation and application of article 1(1) and (4) (identification with a particular racial or ethnic group)	1990
7	Implementation of article 4 (legislation to eradicate racial discrimination)	1985
6	Overdue reports	1982
5	Reporting by States (art. 7)	1977
4	Reporting by States (art. 9: demographic composition of the population)	1973
3	Reporting by States	1972
2	States parties obligations	1972
1	States parties' obligations (art. 4)	1972

The general comments of all human rights treaty bodies are compiled in the document HRI/GEN/1/Rev.7.

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