Commission on Human Rights

Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

• Final report by Profs. Chung and Yokota on discrimination based on work and descent, including Principles and Guidelines on the elimination of discrimination based on work and descent (draft)   

  The final report, which has been prepared pursuant to Sub-Commission resolution 2006/14, was submitted to the OHCHR in October 2007. Although the study has been completed and is ready for adoption by the Human Rights Council, the report is not yet an official UN document. Due to the UN reform process, the report is not yet an official UN document since the HRC has not yet established transitional arrangements to secure that the pending studies from the former Sub-Commission are handed over to the HRC or the successor body of the Sub-Commission, the HRCAC.

   

• Sub-Commission resolution 2006/14 on discrimination based on work and descent

• Prevention of Discrimination, Second preliminary report by Prof, Chung and Yokota on discrimination based on work and descent (2006)
   

• Sub-Commission resolution on the first preliminary report on discrimination based on work and descent by Profs. Chung and Yokota. (2005)
   
• Prevention of Discrimination, First preliminary report by Profs. Chung and Yokota on discimination based on work and descent (2005
   
• Prevention of Discrimination - 2nd expanded working paper by Mr. Eide and Mr. Yokota on discrimination based on work and descent (2004)
   
• Expanded working paper on Discrimination based on work and descent
• Working paper by Mr. Goonesekere on discrimination based on work and descent, UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights, (2001)

UN Human Rights Council

•      Adopted text on Institution-building (June 18 2007), 5th session of the HRC

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

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CERD, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

UN treaty bodies

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