UN Committee demands to halt increasing racial discrimination and violent practices against ethnic minorities

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), an independent body which monitors implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, has just released uncompromising recommendations regarding the increase in discriminatory practices and violence against migrants and ethnic minorities in Russia. - CERD / United Nations, cerd

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