International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination[1] | |
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Location | New York[2] |
Effective | 4 January 1969[2] |
Condition | 27 ratifications[3] |
Signatories | 88[2] |
Parties | 182[2] |
Depositary | UN Secretary-General[4] |
Languages | Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish[5] |
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The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) is a United Nations convention. A third-generation human rights instrument, the Convention commits its members to the elimination of racial discrimination and the promotion of understanding among all races.[6] The Convention also requires its parties to criminalize hate speech and criminalize membership in racist organizations.[7]
The Convention also includes an individual complaints mechanism, effectively making it enforceable against its parties. This has led to the development of a limited jurisprudence on the interpretation and implementation of the Convention.
The convention was adopted and opened for signature by the United Nations General Assembly on 21 December 1965,[8] and entered into force on 4 January 1969. As of July 2020, it has 88 countries as signatories and 182 countries as parties (including accessions and successions).[2]
The Convention is monitored by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).
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