Race, as a social construct, is a group of people who share similar and distinct physical characteristics. (Wikipedia, 2016)..

1. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Racial Discrimination and its Effects:
Bangladesh and International Perspective

2. COURSE SUMMARY
Course No: 3109
Course Name: Sociology of Minorities
Course Co-Ordinator: Toufiq-E-Ahmed Shuvo
Presenting By
Group – F
ID: 131604, 131612, 131619, 131626, 131634, 131637
3rd Year, 1st Term
Sociology Discipline, Khulna University.

3. CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF
ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
(CERD) AND ITS EFFECTS: BANGLADESH
AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

4. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
What is Racial Discrimination?
Racial and Discrimination
Discrimination = Difference, Inequality...
Racial => Race = ??

5. RACE
 Race, as a social construct, is a group of people who share similar and distinct
physical characteristics. (Wikipedia, 2016)
A usually geographically isolated population of organisms that differs from other
populations of the same species in certain heritable traits.
Ex: An island race of birds.

6. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
 According to Wikipedia, free Encyclopedia –‘‘…the separation of people through
a process of social division into categories not necessarily related to races for
purposes of differential treatment.’’
 According to Collins English Dictionary – racial discrimination is a ‘‘unfair
treatment or bias against someone or a group of people on basis of their race. ’’

7. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION: EXAMPLE

8. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION: EXAMPLE

9. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION: EXAMPLE

10. WHAT IS CERD??
CERD
Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of
Racial Discrimination (CERD)

11. WHAT IS CERD??

12. WHAT IS CERD??
 The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
(CERD) is a United Nations convention. A third-generation human rights
instrument, the Convention commits its members to the elimination of racial
discrimination and the promotion of understanding among all races.
The CERD places an onus on UN member states who are party to the Convention
to pursue by all appropriate means without delay a policy of eliminating racial
discrimination in all its forms and promoting understanding among all races.

13. BACKGROUND OF THE CERD
 In December 1960, following incidents of anti-Semitism in several parts of the
world, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution condemning
"all manifestations and practices of racial, religious and national hatred" as
violations of the United Nations Charter and Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and calling on the governments of all states to "take all necessary
measures to prevent all manifestations of racial, religious and national hatred".
 Lack of time prevented this from being considered by the General Assembly in
1961, but it was passed the next year.

14. BACKGROUND OF THE CERD
 Lack of time prevented this from
being considered by the General
Assembly in 1961, but it was
passed the next year.

15. SUMMARY OF THE CERD
 The Convention follows the structure of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, with a preamble, which refers
ILO Convention No. 111 and Convention against Discrimination in Education, and
twenty-five articles, divided into three parts.
 Part 1 (Articles 1 – 7)
 Part 2 (Articles 8 – 16)
 Part 3 (Articles 17 – 25)

16. SUMMARY OF THE CERD ARTICLES
 Prevention of discrimination
 Condemnation of apartheid
 Prohibition of incitement
 Promotion of tolerance
 Dispute resolution mechanism
 Individual complaints mechanism
 Obligations beyond existing constitution
 Hate speech
 Immigration
 Indigenous people

17. IMPACT OF CERD ON RACISM
The impact of an international treaty can be
measured in two ways: by its acceptance, and
by its implementation.

18. IMPACT OF CERD ON RACISM
 On the first measure, the Convention has gained near-universal acceptance by
the international community, with fewer than twenty (mostly small) states yet to
become parties.

19. IMPACT OF CERD ON RACISM
 On the second measure, the
Convention has had a significant
impact on national legislation, with
many states adopting legislation
outlawing racial discrimination by the
state, in the workplace, or in the
provision of services such as housing
and education.

20. EFFECTS OF CERD ON BANGLADESH
 Bangladesh became a party to
the CERD by accession on June
11, 1979 and is pledge bound to
give full effect to the provisions
of the convention through
domestic legislation.

21. EFFECTS OF CERD ON BANGLADESH
 The Constitution of Bangladesh have
153 articles, among them, article 28 of
the constitution of Bangladesh
provides protection against racial
discrimination.
 Bangladesh has also acceded to all
major international human right
instruments that prevent and prohibit
discrimination.

22. CONCLUSION
Though Racial Discrimination is not yet removed completely from all over the
world, CERD made a great impact. The world is now much more discrimination free
and CERD deserves credit for it.

23. THANKS GIVING
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