CZECH REPUBLIC

Special Decisions or Action taken Re: Reporting, Including Urgent Action Procedure

CERD A/8418 (1971)

Annex V

Text of communication sent to 17 states parties under article 9 of the convention adopted at the third session of the committee on 23 April 1971

At its third session, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, in discharge of its responsibilities under article 9, paragraph 2, of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, continued its consideration of the reports submitted by States Parties in accordance with paragraph 1 of that article.

It may be recalled that the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is called upon, under article 9, paragraph 2, of the Convention, to submit annual reports to the General Assembly on its activities and to make suggestions and general recommendations based on the examination of reports and information received from the States Parties to the Convention.

In its communication adopted at its first session on 28 January 1970 CERD/C/R.12 contained in A/8027, annex III A) and transmitted to the States Parties in a note verbale by the Secretary-General on 27 February 1970, a copy of which is forwarded herewith, the Committee has laid down the type of information which it would expect to receive in pursuance of the provisions of article 9 of the Convention.

At its second session, on 16 September 1970, the Committee adopted a communication (A/8027, annex III B) addressed to States Parties whose reports under article 9 had been received, requesting them to compare the reports they had submitted with the communication adopted at the first session (CERD/C/R.12) and to furnish the Committee with information on those points which their reports did not cover. This communication was transmitted to the States Parties concerned by the Secretary-General in a note verbale dated 13 October 1970.

The Committee would appreciate it if the Government of [Czechoslovakia] would once again compare the information it has submitted with the communication adopted at the first session of the Committee and to furnish the Committee with all pertinent information by 15 July 1971. In this connection, attention is drawn to the summary records of the [41^st - 58^th] meetings of the third session of the Committee (CERD/C/SR.[41-58]), at which it discussed the report already submitted by [Czechoslovakia].

The summary records referred to above will be forwarded by the Secretary-General as soon as they are available in final form.

CERD A/53/18 (1998)

Chapter II

Prevention of racial discrimination, including early warning and urgent procedures

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B. Decisions adopted by the Committee at its fifty-third session

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Decision 2 (53) on the Czech Republic

In view of the terms of article 9, paragraph 1, of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, in particular the provision that the Committee may request further information from the States parties, and bearing in mind the provisions of articles 3, 4 (c), 5 (d) (i) and 5 (e) (iii) of the same Convention, the Committee requests the Government of the Czech Republic to provide it with information on the disturbing reports that in certain municipalities measures are contemplated for the physical segregation of some residential units housing Roma families. The Committee wishes to consider the information, in the presence of a representative of the State party, at its fifty-fourth session (1-19 March 1999) and would therefore appreciate receipt of this information by 15 January 1999.

1287^th meeting

11 August 1998

CERD, A/63/18 (2008)

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Chapter II

PREVENTION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, INCLUDING EARLY WARNING AND URGENT ACTION PROCEDURES

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19. During the reporting period, the Committee again considered a number of situations under its early warning and urgent action procedure, including in particular the following:

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29. After having received reports alleging patterns of forced evictions of Roma from housing in a number of municipalities in the Czech Republic, the Committee considered this matter at its seventy-third session and requested the Government to provide information on these issues. The Committee also requested the Government to expedite the completion of its follow-up report on relevant recommendations adopted by the Committee following the consideration of the sixth and seventh periodic reports of the Czech Republic at its seventieth session.

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