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International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

UN General Assembly 1965

(Applies to discriminations based on Ethnicity as well as Race)

Part 1 commits parties to the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination and to promoting understanding among all races. Parties are obliged to not discriminate on the basis of race, not to sponsor or defend racism, and to prohibit racial discrimination within their jurisdictions.

Article 2 obliges parties to "undertake to pursue by all appropriate means and without delay a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms" and to not practice racial discrimination in public institutionsand not "sponsor, defend, or support" racial discrimination and to encourage groups, movements, and other means that eliminate barriers between races, and discourage racial division.

Article 3 condemns apartheid and racial segregation and obliges parties to "prevent, prohibit and eradicate" these practices in territories under their jurisdiction. This article has since been strengthened by the recognition of apartheid as a crime against humanity in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Article 5 prohibits eliminates 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:
(including) (i) The right to freedom of movement and residence within the border of the State;

CY became a signatory to this Convention on 12th December 1966


http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cerd.htm