GENEVA – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) will hold its upcoming session from 13 April – 1 May, during which it will review Serbia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Uzbekistan, Burkina Faso, and Cuba.
The six 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 six State delegations through public dialogues on the following dates at Geneva time:
Serbia
14 April 15:00 – 18:00
15 April 10:00 – 13:00
Slovenia
15 April 15:00 – 18:00
16 April 10:00 – 13:00
Cyprus
16 April 15:00 – 18:00
17 April 10:00 – 13:00
Uzbekistan
21 April 15:00 – 18:00
22 April 10:00 – 13:00
Burkina Faso
22 April 15:00 – 18:00
23 April 10:00 – 13:00
Cuba
23 April 15:00 – 18:00
24 April 10:00 – 13:00
The above reviews will be held in the Ground Floor Conference Room in Palais Wilson in Geneva. All public meetings are open to accredited journalists and livecast on UN Web TV.
