What does CERD stand for?

This is one of the conclusions of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which reviewed the Periodic Reports of a few countries, including Greece, in Geneva between 3 and 28 August this year, Dnevnik reports.

CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CERD Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination CESCR Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child FIDH FE[umlaut]dE[umlaut]ration Internationale des Ligues des Droits de I'Homme ICERD International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination created by the treaty reviews States Parties' policies and practices and makes recommendations, but has no power to compel compliance with those recommendations.

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination acknowledged the Swiss were taking the issue seriously.

The UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said it was concerned that legislation favours Catholics.

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), in its annual report to the General Assembly, echoed some of these concerns when it issued a 2005 general recommendation on racial discrimination and administration of justice.

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said in its list of questions, written before the recent furor over the construction project.

However, in 1972 Denmark became a signatory to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), which is monitored by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.