Indicator history

Five complaints were submitted against Cyprus to the Human Rights Committee under the First Protocol to the International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights. out of these, four were deemed inadmissible and one was discontinued. it is not certain that these complaints were race-related.

 No complaints were submitted against Cyprus in the framework of the procedures provided under:

-  The  Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political rights

-  Optional Protocol to the Convention on the elimination of Discrimination against Women

The existence of these complaints procedures is generally not well known in Cyprus, as suggested by the few/zero complaints submitted.

-  Article 22 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

-  Article 14 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination