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The 65-th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination started August 2-d, 2004 at the United Nations Office at Geneva.
During three weeks the experts of The Committee will examine the reports from the governments of Belarus, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Argentina, Mauritania, Slovakia, Madagascar and Portugal on the undertaken legislative, judicial, administrative and other measures aimed at eliminating racial discrimination.
The Committee is composed of eighteen experts and was established to monitor the actions by States parties to fulfill their obligations under The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The Convention was adopted by the General Assembly in 1965 and came into force in 1969. 169 States parties to the Convention are required to submit to the Committee periodic reports on their giving effect to the provisions of the international legal document.
During the preliminary consideration the members of the Committee will examine the reports from Mozambique and Mexico. They will also consider communications from individuals or groups of individuals claiming to be victims of a violation of any of the rights set forth in the Convention.
Source: http://www.un.minsk.by/en/news/world/03-08-04.html
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