December 21 in History
1965 – International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted
The United Nations convention eliminating all forms of racial discrimination, termed the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), was adopted and opened for signature by the United Nations General Assembly on this day in 1965. A third-generation human rights instrument which commits its members to the elimination of racial discrimination and the promotion of understanding among all races, it entered into force on January 4, 1969. As of July 2020, it has 88 signatories and 182 parties.
The Convention requires its parties to criminalize hate speech and criminalize membership in racist organizations and also includes an individual complaints mechanism, effectively making it enforceable against its parties. This has led to the development of limited jurisprudence on the interpretation and implementation of the Convention.
The Convention is monitored by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).
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