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Racial Discrimination - elimination of: Report of the Government of Jersey (CERD) for period 2011 - 2014

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A decision made 13 November 2014:

Decision Reference:  MD-ER-2014-0036

Decision Summary Title :

ICERD Report 2014

Date of Decision Summary:

30 October 2014

Decision Summary Author:

 

External Relations

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

 

Written Report

Title :

Report by the Government of Jersey to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) for the period 2011- 2014.

Date of Written Report:

30 October 2014

Written Report Author:

External Relations

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Subject:   Report by the Government of Jersey to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) for the period 2011- 2014.

Decision(s): The Minister for External Relations decided to approve the Report by the Government of Jersey to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) for the period 2011- 2014.

Reason(s) for Decision: The United Kingdom Ministry of Justice is coordinating work on the UK’s next report to the United Nations under the International Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD).  Jersey has been invited to provide a contribution to the report covering important developments relating to race equality and discrimination in Jersey since the last report in 2010.

Resource Implications:  There are no resource implications arising from this delegation.

Action required: External Relations to forward the report to the Ministry of Justice through the official channel.

Signature:

 

Position: 

 

Minister for External Relations

Date Signed:

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

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