Dear Subscribers, We are pleased to provide you herewith the fourth 2007 distribution of treaty body recommendations through the listserve administered by the Treaties and Council Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Please, do not reply to this message. For your information, we attach the concluding observations and decisions adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at its 70th session, held from 19 February to 9 March 2007. The documents are provided in their unedited version and in the original language of adoption. Final versions, in all six official languages of the United Nations, will be available in due course on the Treaty Body Database of the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (http://www.ohchr.org). A) Under the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Committee adopted concluding observations in respect of the following States parties: Antigua and Barbuda http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Antigua_and_Barbuda.pdf Canada http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Canada.pdf Czech Republic http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Czech_Republic.pdf India http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/India.pdf Israel http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Israel.pdf Liechtenstein http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Liechtenstein.pdf The Former Yugoslav Republic of http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Macedonia.pdf Macedonia The following letter was addressed to the Democratic Republic of Congo: http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/DRC_Letter.pdf B) Under its review procedure considering States parties that have not submitted a report for five years or more, the Committee adopted the following Concluding Observations: Ethiopia http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Ethiopia.pdf A letter addressed to the State party accompanied these Concluding Observations: http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Ethiopia_Letter.pdf The following letters and lists of issues were also sent to States parties: Nicaragua http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Nicaragua_Letter.pdf http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Nicaragua_Letter(S).pdf http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Nicaragua_List_of_issues.pdf http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Nicaragua_Lista_de_preguntas.pdf Republic of Congo http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Republic_of_Congo_Letter.pdf Seychelles http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Seychelles_Letter.pdf Togo http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Togo_Letter.pdf C) Under its Follow-up procedure, the Committee sent the following letters: Bahrain http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Bahrain_Letter.pdf France http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/France_Letter.pdf Georgia http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Georgia_Letter.pdf D) Under its early warning and urgent action procedures, the Committee sent the following letters: Belize http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Belize_Letter.pdf Brazil http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Brazil_Letter.pdf Peru http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Peru_Letter.pdf http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Peru_Letter(S).pdf United States of America http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cerd/Unitec_States_of_America_Letter.pdf Next session: At its 71st session (30 July to 18 August 2007), the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination will consider the reports of: Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, New Zealand, Republic of Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova. The Committee will also review the implementation of the Convention in the absence of a report in the following countries that are at least five years late for the submission of their reports: Malawi, Namibia, Nicaragua, Pakistan and Togo. Treaties and Council Branch Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights ========= World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) listserv ========= Send mail intended for the list to < >. Archives of the list can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/lists/wcar/markup/maillist.php
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