Ethnicity data for monitoring social and economic rights

Recalling its revised reporting guidelines (CERD/C/2007/1) and its general recommendation No. 8 (1990) concerning the interpretation and application of article 1 (1) and (4) of the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party provide it with statistics on the ethnic composition of its population and develop socioeconomic indicators on the enjoyment of social and economic rights by various ethnic groups, including through dialogue with ethnic minorities and by diversifying its data-collection activities by using various indicators of ethnic diversity and by allowing respondents to report anonymously and to choose self-identification, in order to provide an adequate empirical basis for monitoring the enjoyment of all the rights enshrined in the Convention.