Law-ref.org International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
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PREAMBLE     [go to this PREAMBLE]
... Considering that the United Nations has condemned colonialism and all practices of segregation and discrimination associated therewith, in whatever form and wherever they exist, and that the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples of 14 December 1960 (General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV)) has affirmed and solemnly proclaimed the necessity of bringing them to a speedy and unconditional end, ...


ARTICLE-5     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (ii) The right to leave any country, including one's own, and to return to one's country; ...
... (ii) The right to leave any country, including one's own, and to return to one's country; ...


ARTICLE-15     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1 . Pending the achievement of the objectives of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, the provisions of this Convention shall in no way limit the right of petition granted to these peoples by other international instruments or by the United Nations and its specialized agencies. ...