Amnesty International submits this document in advance of consideration by the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (hereinafter the Committee) of Belgium’s combined 20th-22nd periodic reports on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (hereinafter the Convention) in April 2021. The submission highlights Amnesty International’s recent work on ethnic profiling by the police, other concerns related to policing and to relevant developments in Belgium’s legal framework and human rights architecture.
