TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Children's Rights in the UN Special Procedures' Reports
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the UN Special Procedures. This does not include reports of child specific Special Procedures, such as the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, which are available as separate reports.
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Report by the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism
Visit undertaken from 14-26 July, 2003
Report E/CN.4/2004/18/Add.1
Issues raised:
Discrimination in schools: It is generally accepted that economic power is in the hands of the Indo-Trinidadians, while the Afro-Trinidadians are dominant in the administration and politics; however, in some sectors, such as the police and the oil industry, there is parity between the two groups. The Special Rapporteur heard allegations of discrimination in schools. Indian schools apparently tend to restrict enrolments by Afro-Trinidadians and to ban hairstyles considered to reflect a particular ethnicity (afros, dreadlocks, braids). Despite the widespread racial mingling, it seems that mixed Indian-African couples are subject ed to enormous pressure from their families, particularly the Indian families. (Paragraph 48).
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Requested visits
SR on summary executions (requested in November 2006)
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