PRO ASYL Presseerklärung | Press Release
June 14, 1999
June 15, 1999: 30. Anniversary of the Convention against Racial Discrimination
PRO ASYL criticises „lack of human rights in German politics“
Demanded: Ending structural exclusion of refugees, Law on Anti-Discrimination and access to individual appeal procedures
- 15. Juni 1999: 30 Jahre Abkommen gegen Rassendiskriminierung in Kraft
PRO ASYL kritisiert „menschenrechtliches Defizit der deutschen Politik“
Ende der strukturellen Ausgrenzung von Flüchtlingen, Antidiskriminierungsgesetz und Zugang zu individuellem Beschwerdeverfahren gefordert - June 15, 1999: 30. Anniversary of the Convention against Racial Discrimination
PRO ASYL criticises „lack of human rights in German politics“
Demanded: Ending structural exclusion of refugees, Law on Anti-Discrimination and access to individual appeal procedures
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On June 15, 1969 – 30 years ago – the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination came into force in the Federal Republic of Germany. On this occasion the Nation-wide Human Rights Organisation for Refugees PRO ASYL calls upon the Federal Government, the Parliament and the governments of the Federal States to end the structural discrimination of refugees by laws, regulations and rulings and to efficiently implement the obligations resulting from this international human rights convention finally.
As examples of this „lack of human rights in German politics“ PRO ASYL spokesperson Heiko Kauffmann named the exclusion of refugees from supply in the field of social rights and medical care, the conditions of detention pending deportation and the practice of deportations itself. This would have contributed to a creeping „institutional racism“, which promotes xenophobia and supplies radical right-wing groups with „ammunition“ .
According to PRO ASYL it has been a grave omission of the former Federal Government to ignore – despite the high number of criminal offences and encroachments motivated by hostility to foreigners in Germany -, the massive criticism of different UN-bodies and not to have taken up their proposals and recommendations.
Thus for instance the criticism of the Special UN Rapporteur on Racism among other things on the airport asylum procedure, the conditions of the detention pending deportation and the practice „of the deportation of so-called illegal immigrants“ hasn’t led till now to any corrections.
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has recommended in 1997 to the Federal Government the adoption of a „comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Law“ and the introduction of a mechanism on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Germany
PRO ASYL spokesperson Kauffmann: „A comprehensive legislation on the elimination of all forms of discrimination as prescribed in article 2 and 5 of the Convention is still missing; still relevant is also the concern of the UN Committee (in connection with art. 6 of the Convention), that many refugees and foreigners as victims of discriminations are not entitled to claim compensations. Still the Federal Republic of Germany hasn’t made a declaration according to art. 14 of the Convention which is the precondition, that refugees and members of minorities finally are granted access to individual appeal procedures regarding discrimination“…
