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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME I

ARTICLE 20

1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall

receive and circulate to all States which are or may

become Parties to this Convention reservations made by

States at the time of ratification or accession. Any State

which objects to the reservation shall, within a period of a

ninety days from the date of the said communication,

notify the Secretary-General that it does not accept it.

2.

A

reservation

incompatible

with

the

object

and

purpose of this Convention shall not be permitted, nor

shall a reservation the effect of which would inhibit the

operation

of

any

of

the

bodies established by this

Convention be allowed. A reservation shall be considered

incompatible or inhibitive if at least two thirds of the

States Parties to this Convention object to it.

3.

Reservations

may

be

withdrawn

at any time by

notification

to

this

effect

addressed

to

the

Secretary-General. Such notification shall take effect on

the date on which it is received.

ARTICLE 21

A State Party may denounce this Convention by written

notification

to

the

Secretary-General

of

the

United

Nations. Denunciation shall take effect one year after the

date

of

receipt

of

the

notification

by

the

Secretary-General.

ARTICLE 22

Any dispute between two or more States Parties with

respect

to

the

interpretation

or

application

of

this

Convention, which is not settled by negotiation or by the

procedures expressly provided for in this Convention, shall

at the request of any of the parties to the dispute, be

referred to the International Court of Justice for decision,

unless

the

disputants

agree

to

another

mode

of

settlement.

ARTICLE 23

1. A request for the revision of this Convention may be

made at any time by any State Party by means of a

notification in writing addressed to the Secretary-General

of the United Nations.

2. The General Assembly of the United Nations shall

decide upon the steps, if any to be taken in respect of

such a request.

ARTICLE 24

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform

all States referred to in article 17, paragraph 1, of this

Convention of the following particulars:

(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under articles

17 and 18;

(b) The date of entry into force of this Convention under

article 19;

(c) Communications and declarations received under

articles 14, 20 and 23;

(d) Denunciations under article 21.

ARTICLE 25

1. This Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French,

Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be

deposited in the archives of the United Nations.

2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall

transmit certified copies of this Convention to all States

belonging to any of the categories mentioned in article 17,

paragraph 1 of the Convention.

IN

FAITH

WHEREOF

the

undersigned,

being

duly

authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have

signed the present Convention, opened for signature at

New York, on the seventh day of March, one thousand

nine hundred and sixty-six.

(International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms

of Racial Discrimination, [March 7, 1966])

UN Declaration on the Elimination of all

Forms of Racial Discrimination

November 20, 1963

UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION

OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION *

The General Assembly,

Considering that the Charter of the United Nations is

based on the principles of the dignity and equality of all

human beings and seeks, among other basic objectives,

to achieve international co-operation in promoting and

encouraging respect for human rights and fundamental

freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex,

language or religion,

Considering that the Universal Declaration of Human

Rights proclaims that all human beings are born free and

equal in dignity and rights and that everyone is entitled

to all the rights and freedoms set out in the Declaration,

without distinction of any kind, in particular as to race,

colour or national origin,

Considering that the Universal Declaration of Human

Rights proclaims further that all are equal before the law

and are entitled without any discrimination to equal

protection of the law and that all are entitled to equal

protection against any discrimination and against any

incitement to such discrimination,

Considering that the United Nations has condemned

colonialism

and

all

practices

of

segregation

and

discrimination

associated

therewith,

and

that

the

Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial

Countries

and

Peoples

proclaims

in

particular

the

necessity

of

bringing

colonialism

to

a

speedy

and

unconditional end,

Considering that any doctrine of racial differentiation or

superiority is scientifically false, morally condemnable,

socially unjust and dangerous, and that there is no

justification for racial discrimination either in theory or in

practice,

Taking into account the other resolutions adopted by the

General

Assembly

and the international instruments

adopted by the specialized agencies, in particular the

International

Labour

Organisation

and

the

United

Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,

in the field of discrimination,

Taking into account the fact that, although international

action and efforts in a number of countries have made it

possible to achieve progress in that field, discrimination

based on race, colour or ethnic origin in certain areas of

the world continues none the less to give cause for

serious concern,

Alarmed by the manifestations of racial discrimination

still in evidence in some areas of the world, some of which

are

imposed

by

certain

Governments

by

means of

legislative, administrative or other measures, in the form,

inter alia, of apartheid, segregation and separation, as

well as by the promotion and dissemination of doctrines

of racial superiority and expansionism in certain areas,

Convinced that all forms of racial discrimination and, still

more so, governmental policies based on the prejudice of

racial superiority or on racial hatred, besides constituting

a

violation

of

fundamental

human

rights,

tend

to

jeopardize friendly relations among peoples, co-operation

between nations and international peace and security,

Convinced also that racial discrimination harms not only

those who are its objects but also those who practise it.

Convinced further that the building of a world society

free

from

all

forms

of

racial

segregation

and

discrimination, factors which create hatred and division

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