Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination

It could be stronger by using the International Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination as a benchmark.

- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1996)

In 1965, the United Nations presented for ratification the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.

The Declaration was an important precursor to the legally binding Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

The power arose from the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination to which Australia is a signatory.

As an additional legal gesture Indonesia ratified the 1965 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination on 25 May 1999.

Israel is a signatory of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination treaty since 1966, and has ratified the treaty in 1979.

Racism is widely condemned throughout the world, with 174 states parties of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by April 8, 2011.

"It is difficult to resist the conclusion that many of Israel's laws and practices violate the 1966 Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination," says the report.

In March 2007, the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination described the term as racist because it singles out a group.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is a treaty against racism and racial segregation as one of the series of international human rights law.

In 1996, 31 years after the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination was adopted by the United Nations, Japan finally signed it, becoming the 148th country to do so.

The United Nations use the definition of racial discrimination laid out in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, adopted in 1966:

On 5 May 1994, her case was mentioned in a report submitted by the Republic of Cyprus to the United Nations International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination prohibits discrimination on the basis of racial or ethnic origin in relation to a number of economic, social and cultural rights.

In 1998, she was elected to serve as an independent expert on the United Nations treaty body that oversees the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD).

In connection with its 2000 ratification of the 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Liechtenstein tighted provisions in its legal code related to racial discrimination.

Adalah also reports extensively to UN treaty bodies that monitor implementations of binding treaties that Israel has signed, such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination stipulates (in Article 2.2) that affirmative action programs may be required of countries that ratified the convention, in order to rectify systematic discrimination.

The United States ratified the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in 1994, and under that agreement this country has a responsibility to remedy discrimination, both intentional and unintentional, that disproportionately affects minorities.

The majority held the Federal Parliament had the power to pass the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 as a result of Australia being a signatory to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

On 5 May 1994, the United Nations, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), in its consideration of reports submitted by states parties under Article 9 of the convention reported:

Article 3 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination says "States Parties particularly condemn racial segregation and apartheid and undertake to prevent, prohibit and eradicate all practices of this nature in territories under their jurisdiction."

On 22 February 2007, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination will consider the report submitted by Israel under Article 9 of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.