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Jurisprudence

CERD

List of all admissibility decisions

Case NameComm NumberDateOutcome
Diop v. France2/198922 August 1990Admissible
Narrainen v. Norway3/199116 March 1993Admissible
C.P. and M.P. v. Denmark5/199415 March 1995Inadmissible
Barbaro v. Australia7/199514 August 1997Inadmissible
Z.U.B.S. v. Australia6/199519 August 1997Admissible
B.M.S. v. Australia8/199619 August 1997Admissible
D. S. v. Sweden9/199717 August 1998Inadmissible
Barbaro v. Australia12/199808 August 2000Inadmissible
F. A. v. Norway18/200021 March 2001Inadmissible
D. S. v. Sweden14/199810 August 2001Inadmissible
D. S. v. Sweden21/200110 August 2001Inadmissible
Mostafa v. Denmark19/200010 August 2001Inadmissible
K.R.C. v. Denmark23/200213 August 2002Inadmissible
P.O.E.M. and F.A.S.M. v. Denmark22/200219 March 2003Inadmissible
Sadic v. Denmark25/200221 March 2003Inadmissible
Regerat et al. v. France24/200221 March 2003Inadmissible
Documentary and Advisory Centre on Racial Discrimination v. Denmark28/200319 August 2003Inadmissible
P.S.N. v. Denmark36/200608 August 2007Inadmissible
A.W.R.A.P. v. Denmark37/200608 August 2007Inadmissible

Information is as of 6 June 2008.

CERD, CCPR, CAT, CEDAW, CMW, Disability Convention and Enforced disappearances Convention have optional complaint mechanisms, whereby an individual may complain to the respective treaty body that his or her rights under the treaty have been violated. The CMW and Enforced disappearances Convention complaint mechanisms are not yet in force.

Included in this section are:

  1. requests made by the treaty body for interim measures
  2. decisions to deal jointly with cases
  3. admissibility decisions (normally decisions determining a complaint is admissible are not issued separately and hence this category involves decisions in which complaints are found to be inadmissible)
  4. final views.

The Human Rights Committee (under CCPR), the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (under CERD), the Committee Against Torture (under CAT) and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (under CEDAW) also formally follow up on final Views where a violation has been found. This information is included in the section entitled "Follow-up: Jurisprudence".