Finland submitted its report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Press release 153/2007
22 August 2007

Finland submitted the combined 17th-19th periodic reports of the Finnish government on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The previous, 16th report, was submitted in 2001.

The report entails a summarised account of the development for elimination of racial discrimination in Finland in recent years. The Committee will presumably handle the report towards the end of 2008. Additional information about the Committee and its activities can be read at: http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/index.htm(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window).

The report and its appendices are freely downloadable on the Ministry for Foreign Affairs website at http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=67849(Link to another website.).

Additional information about the report: Legal Officer Leena Leikas, Unit for Human Rights Courts and Conventions, tel. +358 9 1605 5731