PARAGUAY

Special Decisions Re: Reporting, Including Urgent Action Procedure

CERD, A/65/18 (2010)

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Chapter II

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

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

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21. In the light of information received on the situation of indigenous peoples in Paraguay, more specifically the Yakye Axa and Sawhoyamaxa and their traditional lands, the Committee, at its seventy-sixth session, transmitted a letter to the Government expressing its concern and requested information to be provided by 31 July 2010. In its response, the State party argued that it did not recognize the competence of the Committee to receive and consider individual complaints. In an additional letter, the Committee clarified the question of its competence to request more information from State parties and reiterated its request to the State party for information to be provided by 31 January 2011.

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