International Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Racial Discrimination Ex C 95 2

Excerpt from International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Ex, C, 95-2): Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, May 11, 1994 The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:06 a.m., in room SD-419, the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Claiborne Pell (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Senators Pell and Kerry. The Chairman. The Committee on Foreign Relations will come to order. I would ask the Honorable John Snattuck, the Honorable Conrad Harper, and the Honorable Deval Patrick to come forward. I believe Mr. Patrick is here. Mr. Patrick. I am. The Chairman. I believe you have another engagement afterward. Mr. Patrick. I do. The Chairman. So let us start off with your testimony now, and then hope the State Department witnesses turn up as you are testifying. If not, we will move on to the public panel. So we are now hearing from the Honorable Deval Patrick, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice. Statement Of Deval Patrick, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Department Of Justice Mr. Patrick. Mr. Chairman, thank you very much, and to the members of the committee. I am very pleased to appear today in support of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. I have a formal statement, which I believe has been distributed. And I ask that that written statement be made a part of the record. The Chairman. That will be done without objection. Mr. Patrick. Mr. Chairman, I will be brief in my remarks. It is particularly appropriate, in our view, that this committee should take up this Convention, since it draws so heavily on the principles and protections developed in this country through many years of struggle in Congress and in the courts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is the centrepiece of international efforts to address racial discrimination, defined in broad terms to include discrimination based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin. Victims of discrimination within the scope of the Convention include minorities, indigenous peoples, non-citizens, and caste or descent groups. Virtually all national societies are diverse in terms of ethnicity or 'race' and none is free from discrimination, making it one of the great issues of our time. Against the background of international human rights standards and mechanisms to counter racial and ethnic discrimination, this book provides the first comprehensive legal analysis of the provisions of the Convention on an article-by article basis. The book addresses the place of the Convention within the broader framework of international action against discrimination. The different chapters analyse and discuss broad topics of race, ethnicity, and international law, the genesis and drafting of the Convention, the aims and objectives of the Convention in light of its preamble, and principles of non-discrimination and equality. In particular, the book includes a critical appraisal of the contribution of the Convention to the eradication of racial discrimination. It also reflects on whether there is scope for modification of the substance or procedures of the Convention in light of challenges arising from enhanced transnational population movements, the intersection between discrimination on the ground of race and discrimination against religious communities, and the intersection of racial and gender-based discrimination.

The universal feeling that discrimination and intolerance based on race. religion or beliefs have to be confronted by the international community led to the adoption, half a century ago, of the international convention to which this book is devoted, one of the most ratified treaties. The book comments on the contents of the Convention and its impact on anti-racist and anti-bias legislation and jurisprudence, as well as its influence on, and applicability to other international texts. In an Introduction to this reprint, the author updates the status of the Convention, summarizes the work of CERD, the implementation body of the Convention, and discusses its relevance to general human rights, particularly the area of religious intolerance, and some difficult issues such as the possible clash with other fundamental freedoms.

This is the very first edited collection on International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), the oldest of the UN international human rights treaties. It draws together a range of commentators including current or former members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), along with academic and other experts, to discuss the meaning and relevance of the treaty on its fiftieth anniversary. The contributions examine the shift from a narrow understanding of racial discrimination in the 1960s, premised on countering colonialism and apartheid, to a wider meaning today drawing in a range of groups such as minorities, indigenous peoples, caste groups, and Afro-descendants. In its unique combination of CERD and expert analysis, the collection acts as an essential guide to the international understanding of racial discrimination and the pathway towards its elimination.