CERD recommendations 2024, paragraph 59
Plain English recommendation
As all human rights are interconnected, Government should:
Consider ratifying the international human rights treaties it has not yet ratified. In particular, it should consider ratifying the treaties that are relevant to at-risk, racially discriminated communities. These include:
– the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
– the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
– the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
– the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
– the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)
– the ILO Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189)
Original UN recommendation
Bearing in mind the indivisibility of all human rights, the Committee encourages the State party to consider ratifying those international human rights instruments that it has not yet ratified, in particular treaties with provisions that have direct relevance for communities that may be subjected to racial discrimination, including the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure and the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), and Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Date of UN examination
24/09/2024
Original UN document
Download the original CERD concluding observations 2024 on the UN website.
Last updated on 11/04/2025