GREECE

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

CERD A/8418 (1971)

III. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 9 OF THE CONVENTION

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B. Action aimed at ensuring that all the information required, in accordance with paragraph 1 of article 9 of the Convention is furnished by States Parties

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2. Specific requests for additional information

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(b) Request addressed to Greece

46. The initial report submitted by Greece contained the following statement:

"... the provisions of articles 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 24, 26, 27, 48, 56, 61 and 121 of the Constitution, as well as the provisions of the Institutional Laws of Greece for the enforcement of the new Constitution and in particular Legislative Decrees Nos. 792, 793, 794, 795, 796, 797, 800, 803 and 804 of 1971 guarantee the fundamental rights of equality before the law of every citizen in the enjoyment of his civil and political rights".

47. The Committee considered that report at its fourth session (68th meeting). In the course of the examination of that report, some members expressed the desire to receive the full texts of the articles of the Constitution as well as the Legislative Decrees cited in the passage quoted above, in order that the examination of the report of Greece by the Committee might be more meaningful. In addition, Mr. Partsch stated that, according to information which was in the public domain, some articles of the Constitution - including some of the articles cited in the report of Greece - were at one time either suspended or applied within prescribed limits.

48. Mr. Tarassov expressed the opinion that one "possibility" would be for the Committee, following the precedent established in relation to the report of the Syrian Arab Republic (paras. 37-44 above), to request Greece to provide additional information on the "content and application" of the articles of the Constitution and the Legislative Decrees cited in its initial report.

49. The Committee decided to address a request to the Government of Greece for the submission of the required information. (see chap. VII, section B, decision 2 (IV)).

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VII. DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE AT ITS THIRD AND FOURTH SESSIONS

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B. FOURTH SESSION

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2. (IV). Request for specific information from a State Party (Greece) 15/

With regard to the initial report submitted by Greece, the Committee would welcome receiving from the Government of Greece additional information on the content and application of the articles of the Constitution and the legislative decrees cited in paragraph 3 of its initial report.

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15/ Adopted at the 68th meeting on 27 August 1971. See chap. III, para. 49.