Press Release

United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to review Bosnia and Herzegovina

05 August 2024

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) is going to review Bosnia and Herzegovina next week in Geneva during its 113th session.

The Committee will examine the State party’s implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and will raise questions and discuss a range of issues with the State delegation through public dialogues on the following dates at Geneva time:

12 August 15:00 – 18:00
13 August 10:00 – 13:00
 

Discussion topics include:

  • Racist hate speech & hate crimes
  • Discrimination against ethnic minorities especially Roma
  • Participation of ethnic minorities


All public dialogues will be livecast online on UN Web TV. More information about the session, including reports submitted by the States and NGOs, as well as the full schedule of meetings, is available on the session page.

Should you have any questions, kindly contact Vivian Kwok at vivian.kwok@un.org or Ajla Becirspahic at ajla.becirspahic@un.org.
 

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