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MDHIAN 1678
Hawer rights
HUMAN RIGHTS: INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION: UK EXAMINATION
SUMMARY
1. COMMITTEE GIVES UK ROUGH RIDE, PARTICULARLY ON RACIAL
SSAULT, BRITISH NATIONAL PARTY, NORTHERN IRELAND AND INDIVIDUAL PETITION TO COMMITTEE.
DETAIL
2. THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION (CERD) EXAMINED THE UK'S TWELFTH REPORT (AND 11TH AND 12TH REPORTS FOR THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES) UNDER THIS CONVENTION ON 9TH AND 10TH AUGUST. MOST COMMITTEE MEMBERS WELCOMED THE DETAIL AND FRANKNESS OF THE REPORT. BUT OVER SOME 5 HOURS THE RAPPORTEUR ON THE REPORT, FERRERO COSTA (PERU), IN A LONG AND RAMBLING SPEECH, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, CRITICISED ASPECTS OF THE UK RECORD. THE MAIN POINTS RAISED
WERE:
NON-APPLICATION OF THE RACE RELATIONS ACT 1976 TO NORTHERN
IRELAND
NON-ACCEPTANCE OF COMMISSION FOR RACIAL EQUALITY RECOMMENDATIONS, PARTICULARLY FOR A SPECIFIC OFFENCE OF RACIAL ASSAULT
FAILURE TO BAN BRITISH NATIONAL PARTY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS INCITING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
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