GENEVA – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) will hold its upcoming session from 10 – 25 August, during which it will review Kuwait, India, Honduras, and Finland.
The four countries are among the 182 States parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD). They are required to undergo regular reviews by the Committee of 18 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Convention.
The Committee, which has received the respective State Party reports and other submissions from non-governmental organisations and national human rights institutions, will discuss and address a range of issues with the four State delegations through public dialogues on the following dates at Geneva time:
Kuwait
10 August 15:00 – 18:00
11 August 10:00 – 13:00
India
11 August 15:00 – 18:00
12 August 10:00 – 13:00
Honduras
12 August 15:00 – 18:00
13 August 15:00 – 18:00
Finland
17 August 15:00 – 18:00
18 August 10:00 – 13:00
The above reviews will be held in Room No. VII, 3rd floor, A Building, Palais des Nations, Geneva. All public meetings are open to accredited journalists and livecast on UN Web TV.
