GENEVA - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) will hold its upcoming session from 17 November to 5 December, during which it will review Maldives, Guatemala, Sweden, Burundi, New Zealand and Tunisia.
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:
Maldives
18 November 15:00 - 18:00
19 November 10:00 - 13:00
Guatemala
19 November 15:00 - 18:00
20 November 10:00 - 13:00
Sweden
20 November 15:00 - 18:00
21 November 10:00 - 13:00
Burundi
24 November 15:00 - 18:00
25 November 10:00 - 13:00
New Zealand
25 November 15:00 - 18:00
26 November 10:00 - 13:00
Tunisia
26 November 15:00 - 18:00
27 November 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.
