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... Considering the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial
Countries and Peoples, in which the General Assembly stated that the
process of liberation is irresistible and irreversible and that, in the
interests of human dignity, progress and justice, an end must be put to
colonialism and all practices of segregation and discrimination associated
therewith, ...
... Observing that, in accordance with the International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, States particularly
condemn racial segregation and apartheid and undertake to prevent,
prohibit and eradicate all practices of this nature in territories under
their jurisdiction, as crimes against humanity, ...
... 1. The States Parties to the present Convention declare that apartheid
is a crime against humanity and that inhuman acts resulting from the
policies and practices of apartheid and similar policies and practices of
racial segregation and discrimination, as defined in article 2 of the
Convention, are crimes violating the principles of international law, in
particular the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations, and constituting a serious threat to international peace and
security. ...
... For the purpose of the present Convention, the term "the crime of
apartheid", which shall include similar policies and practices of
racial segregation and discrimination as practised in southern Africa,
shall apply to the following inhuman acts committed for the purpose of
establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group of persons
over any other racial group of persons and systematically oppressing them:
...
... (a) To request United Nations organs, when transmitting copies of
petitions under article 15 of the International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, to draw its attention
to complaints concerning acts which are enumerated in article 2 of the
present Convention; ...