TBB-Turkish Union in Berlin/Brandenburg v Germany

Communication No. 48/2010 UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination The petitioner argued that, in an interview, the former Finance Senator of Berlin made discriminatory statements against Arabs and Turks. The Committee found that Germany did not conduct an adequate investigation into these statements, which amounted to a violation of, amongst […]

Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma et al v Germany

Communication No. 38/2006 UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination The authors claimed that P. L.’s letter contained numerous discriminatory statements against Sinti and Roma. They argued that P. L. used racist and degrading stereotypes, going as far as stating that criminality was a key characteristic of Sinti and Roma. The […]