International recommendation

Follow-up and dissemination of CERD recommendations

Issue date:
Human rights body:
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
Themes:
EmploymentEquality and non-discrimination
Populations of concern:
Asylum seekers and refugeesChildren
Relevant CERD article:
Art. 9 – State reporting
Source:
CERD/C/NOR/CO/23-24, paras. 34-36

Recommended measures (3)

Measure
Measure type:
Follow-up of recommendations
Responsible Ministries:
Ministry of Justice and Public SecurityMinistry of CultureMinistry of Local Government and Modernisation

In accordance with article 9 (1) of the Convention and rule 65 of its rules of procedure, the Committee requests the State party to provide, within one year of the adoption of the present concluding observations, information on its implementation of the recommendations contained in paragraphs 18 (b) (discrimination in accessing the labour market) and 28 (c) (situation of minor asylum seekers) above.

Measure
Measure type:
Follow-up of recommendations
Responsible Ministries:
Ministry of Justice and Public SecurityMinistry of Labour and Social AffairsMinistry of Local Government and ModernisationMinistry of Culture

The Committee wishes to draw the attention of the State party to the particular importance of the recommendations contained in paragraphs 12 (hate crimes), 14 (hate speech), 18 (discrimination in the labour market) and 22 (situation of the Sami) above and requests the State party to provide detailed information in its next periodic report on the concrete measures taken to implement those recommendations.

Measure
Measure types:
Follow-up of recommendationsAwareness-raising and dissemination
Responsible Ministry:
Ministry of Culture

The Committee recommends that the State party’s reports be made readily available to and accessible by the public at the time of their submission and that the concluding observations of the Committee with respect to those reports be similarly publicized in the official and other commonly used languages, as appropriate.