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Joint submission to prepare a Draft Inter American Convention against racial discrimination and all other forms of discrimination and intolerance
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The authors suggest that in the text, the words “gender identity and expression” are added after the word “gender”.
The text of the submission is available in both Spanish and English and it is the last contribution in this document.
Americas-OAS Convention against Racism-non-judicial submission-2006
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