ITALY

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

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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31. In light of reports on the destruction of Roma camps as well as a general atmosphere of hostility towards Roma and immigrants in Italy, the Committee, by a letter dated 15 August 2008, requested the Government to urgently provide information and to expedite its follow-up on the recommendations adopted by the Committee at its seventy-second session, following the consideration of Italy’s periodic report.

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