Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

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United Nations treaty body expert committee human rights treaty body monitoring body

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is a body of independent experts that monitors states’ implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and issues recommendations to combat racial discrimination worldwide.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination canonical	8
CERD	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T337131 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Context triple: [United Nations treaty bodies, includes, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination]

A. Human Rights Committee
The Human Rights Committee is a United Nations body of independent experts that monitors states’ implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
B. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a body of independent experts that monitors and interprets states’ implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights within the UN human rights system.
C. United Nations Commission on Human Rights
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights was a principal UN body, active from 1946 to 2006, responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide and drafting key international human rights instruments.
D. Committee against Torture
The Committee against Torture is a United Nations body of independent experts that monitors states’ implementation of the Convention against Torture and works to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment worldwide.
E. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is a core United Nations human rights treaty that obliges states to prohibit and eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and promote understanding among all races.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Target entity description: The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is a body of independent experts that monitors states’ implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and issues recommendations to combat racial discrimination worldwide.

A. Human Rights Committee
The Human Rights Committee is a United Nations body of independent experts that monitors states’ implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
B. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a body of independent experts that monitors and interprets states’ implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights within the UN human rights system.
C. United Nations Commission on Human Rights
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights was a principal UN body, active from 1946 to 2006, responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide and drafting key international human rights instruments.
D. Committee against Torture
The Committee against Torture is a United Nations body of independent experts that monitors states’ implementation of the Convention against Torture and works to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment worldwide.
E. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is a core United Nations human rights treaty that obliges states to prohibit and eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and promote understanding among all races.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty body ⓘ expert committee ⓘ human rights treaty body ⓘ monitoring body ⓘ
adoptedUnder	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
aimsTo	eliminate racial discrimination ⓘ promote equality between races ⓘ
basedOnTreaty	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ⓘ
canConsider	individual complaints ⓘ inter-State complaints ⓘ
cooperatesWith	other UN human rights treaty bodies ⓘ
countryOfHeadquarters	Switzerland ⓘ
electsMembersBy	States parties to the Convention ⓘ
establishedBy	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ⓘ
fullName	Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination self-link ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	18 ⓘ
holds	sessions ⓘ
issues	concluding observations ⓘ decisions on individual communications ⓘ decisions on inter-State communications ⓘ general recommendations ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
meetsIn	Geneva ⓘ
membersAre	independent experts ⓘ
membersServeIn	personal capacity ⓘ
monitorsComplianceOf	States parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ⓘ
monitorsImplementationOf	International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ⓘ
parentOrganization	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
partOf	United Nations treaty bodies ⓘ surface form: United Nations human rights treaty body system
reportsTo	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
requiresForIndividualComplaints	declaration under Article 14 of the Convention ⓘ
reviews	periodic reports of States parties ⓘ
scopeOfWork	all forms of racial discrimination ⓘ
sessionsPerYear	2 or 3 ⓘ
shortName	Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CERD
typeOfDiscriminationAddressed	descent-based discrimination ⓘ ethnic discrimination ⓘ national origin discrimination ⓘ racial discrimination ⓘ
website	https://www.ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodies/cerd ⓘ
yearEstablished	1969 ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations treaty bodies → includes → Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ⓘ

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination → establishesBody → Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ⓘ

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination → monitoringBody → Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ⓘ

United Nations human rights system → monitoredBy → Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ⓘ

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination → fullName → Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination self-link ⓘ

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination → shortName → Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CERD

ICERD → monitoringBody → Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ⓘ

ICERD → abbreviationOfMonitoringBody → Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ⓘ

this entity surface form: CERD

ICERD → establishes → Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ⓘ

Palais Wilson, Geneva → occupant → Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ⓘ

subject surface form: Palais Wilson

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Statements (47)

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Referenced by (10)

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