The Reporting System

CERD rejected the view that States considering racial discrimination in territories under their jurisdiction to be non-existent, are under no obligation to adopt measures giving effect to the Convention. In the Committee's view, all States without distinction, whether or not racial discrimination existed in their territories, are expected to enact measures giving effect to Articles 2 to 7 of the Convention. As established in Rule 66A, the Committee is entitled to request additional information from any State Party if it considers that the report submitted does not contain sufficient information. A question relating to the role and powers of the Committee with regard to the reporting system is that of sources of information. The Committee is prevented from taking advantage of information supplied by non-governmental organizations, information likely to become an important source if properly channeled.Keywords: CERD; UN Convention; information source; non-governmental organization; reporting system