The Declaration follows the structure of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with a preamble followed by eleven articles.
Article 1 declares that discrimination on the basis of race, colour or ethnicity is "an offence to human dignity" and condemns it as a violation of the principles underlying the United Nations Charter, a violation of human rights and a threat to peace and security.[2]
Article 2 calls on states, institutions, groups and individuals not to discriminate on the basis of race in human rights. It calls on states to end support for discrimination, and to take affirmative action where necessary to correct it.
Article 3 calls for particular efforts to end racial discrimination in civil rights, housing, employment, education, and calls for everyone to have free access to public places and services regardless of race.
Article 4 calls on states to review policies and repeal laws which discriminate on the basis of race.
Article 6 calls for an end to racial discrimination in political rights, in particular the right to vote and stand for public office.
Article 7 declares that everyone has the right to equality before the law and to equal justice before the law regardless of race. It calls for everyone to have an effective remedy, enforceable through the courts, for harm suffered through racial discrimination.
Article 8 calls for education to promote tolerance and racial understanding.
Article 9 condemns propaganda and organisations based on the idea of racial supremacism. It calls for incitements to racial violence, or hate speech to be criminalised, and for racist organisations to be outlawed.
Article 10 calls on the United Nations to study the causes of racial discrimination so as to better combat it.
Article 11 calls on every state to promote respect of fundamental human rights and the principles of this declaration and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
As a declaration rather than a treaty, the document is non-binding.
^United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1904 (XVIII), November 20, 1963.
^Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Article 1.
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declaration, elimination, forms, racial, discrimination, human, rights, proclamation, issued, united, nations, general, assembly, outlining, that, body, views, racism, adopted, general, assembly, november, 1963, declaration, important, precursor, legally, bind. The Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is a human rights proclamation issued by the United Nations General Assembly outlining that body s views on racism It was adopted by the General Assembly on 20 November 1963 1 The Declaration was an important precursor to the legally binding Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Contents 1 Summary 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksSummary editThe Declaration follows the structure of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a preamble followed by eleven articles Article 1 declares that discrimination on the basis of race colour or ethnicity is an offence to human dignity and condemns it as a violation of the principles underlying the United Nations Charter a violation of human rights and a threat to peace and security 2 Article 2 calls on states institutions groups and individuals not to discriminate on the basis of race in human rights It calls on states to end support for discrimination and to take affirmative action where necessary to correct it Article 3 calls for particular efforts to end racial discrimination in civil rights housing employment education and calls for everyone to have free access to public places and services regardless of race Article 4 calls on states to review policies and repeal laws which discriminate on the basis of race Article 5 calls for an end to racial segregation and apartheid Article 6 calls for an end to racial discrimination in political rights in particular the right to vote and stand for public office Article 7 declares that everyone has the right to equality before the law and to equal justice before the law regardless of race It calls for everyone to have an effective remedy enforceable through the courts for harm suffered through racial discrimination Article 8 calls for education to promote tolerance and racial understanding Article 9 condemns propaganda and organisations based on the idea of racial supremacism It calls for incitements to racial violence or hate speech to be criminalised and for racist organisations to be outlawed Article 10 calls on the United Nations to study the causes of racial discrimination so as to better combat it Article 11 calls on every state to promote respect of fundamental human rights and the principles of this declaration and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights UDHR As a declaration rather than a treaty the document is non binding See also editConvention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Anti racismReferences edit United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1904 XVIII November 20 1963 Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Article 1 External links editText of the Declaration Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination amp oldid 992310521, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
