The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) has voiced concern at the impact of ethnic discrimination on Guy-ana’s development and has urged a review of the relevant laws.
“The Committee is concerned about the impact of ethnic discrimination, in particular in the context of the relationship between Afro-Guyanese and Indo-Guyanese, on the development of the country and the equal enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights,” the CESCR said in its concluding observations on Guyana’s recent presentation to the rights body in Geneva, Switzerland.
As a result, it recommended that Guyana “spare no efforts” to eliminate the causes of inter-ethnic discrimination. It also urged that government review the Prevention of Discrimination Act 1997 and other relevant laws with a view to bringing them into
