SLOVAKIA

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/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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29. Upon receiving reports concerning the alleged threat of forced eviction of Roma people in Plavecký Štvrtok in Slovakia, the Committee considered the situation at its seventy-seventh session and expressed its concern about the lack of consultations with the Roma people. In a letter dated 27 August 2010, the Committee recalled its concluding observations (CERD/C/SVK/CO/6-8) following its consideration of the State party’s report at its seventy-sixth session and requested information before 31 January 2011.

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