The 42nd Session of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities

Abstract

1. The official report of the 42nd session is found in U.N. Doc. E/UCN.4/Sub.2/1990/59 (1990) (hereinafter 1990 Report). The United Nations Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities was established by the Commission on Human Rights in 1947 to make recommendations on issues related to discrimination and minorities. The scope of human rights issues considered by the Sub-Commission increased as the human rights issues considered by the Commission grew. The Sub-Commission helps the Commission develop international standards in many areas of human rights by producing reports, studies, and draft instruments on human rights. This article is adapted from one which appeared in 45 ICJ Rev. 15 (1990). The authors also wish to thank Leslie Anderson for her help on the section of this article dealing with the Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery. For other analyses of the 1990 session see generally, Macpherson, U.N. Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 42nd Session, Quaker United Nations Office, (1990); Zoller, Reform, Independence and Expertise: Analysis of the 42nd Session of the U.N. Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 10 Hum. Rts. Monitor 3 (1990). For analyses of previous sessions of the Sub-Commission see generally, Maher & Weissbrodt, The 41st Session of the U.N. Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 12 Hum. Rts. Q. 290 (1990); Brennan, Brody & Weissbrodt, The 40th Session of the U.N. Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 11 Hum. Rts. Q. 295 (1989); Rosen & Weissbrodt, The 39th Session of the U.N. Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 10 Hum. Rts. Q. 487 (1988). For other articles on the Sub-Commission see Maher & Weissbrodt, supra, at 290.