Schedule International Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial
discrimination
(c)
discrimination, and shall recognize participation in such
organizations or activities as an offence punishable by law;
Shall not permit public authorities or public institutions, national or
local, to promote or incite racial discrimination.
Article 5
In compliance with the fundamental obligations laid down in article 2 of
this Convention, States Parties undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial
discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without
distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the
law, notably in the enjoyment of the following rights:
(a) The right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other
organs administering justice;
(b) The right to security of person and protection by the State against
violence or bodily harm, whether inflicted by government officials
or by any individual, group or institution;
(c) Political rights, in particular the rights to participate in elections—
to vote and to stand for election—on the basis of universal and
equal suffrage, to take part in the Government as well as in the
conduct of public affairs at any level and to have equal access to
public service;
(d) Other civil rights, in particular:
(i)
The right to freedom of movement and residence within
the border of the State;
(ii)
The right to leave any country, including one’s own, and to
return to one’s country;
(iii)
The right to nationality;
(iv)
The right to marriage and choice of spouse;
(v)
The right to own property alone as well as in association
with others;
(vi)
The right to inherit;
(vii)
The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion;
(viii)
The right to freedom of opinion and expression;
(ix)
The right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association;
(e) Economic, social and cultural rights, in particular:
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Compilation No. 17
Racial Discrimination Act 1975
Compilation date: 10/12/15
ComLaw Authoritative Act C2016C00089
Registered: 29/1/16