Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Reports submitted by States parties under article 9 of the Convention

Fifteenth to nineteenth periodic reports of States parties due in 2009

Mauritius

[16 May 2012]

Corrigendum

1.Paragraph 192

For the existing text substitute

192.The NHRC deals with the following guaranteed rights laid down in Chapter II of the Constitution:

the right to life;

the right to personal liberty;

the right to protection from slavery and forced labour;

the right to protection from inhuman treatment;

the right to protection from deprivation of property;

the right to privacy of home and other property;

the right to secure protection of the law;

the right to freedom of conscience;

the right to freedom of expression;

the right to freedom of assembly and association;

the right to freedom to establish schools; and

the right to protection from discrimination.

2.Paragraph 193

For the existing text substitute

193.However, the Protection of Human Rights Act restricts the NHRC’s temporal, ratione personae and subject matter jurisdiction. Thus the NHRC cannot enquire into:

(a)Events dating back to more than 2 years;

(b)Complaints [against the police] which are already being investigated by the Ombudsman;

(c) Complaints against:

(i) The President or his personal staff;

(ii) The Chief Justice;

(iii)The Director of Public Prosecutions or any other person acting on the DPP’s instructions;

(iv) The Commission on the Prerogative of Mercy, the Electoral Boundaries Commission, the Electoral Supervisory Commission, the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, the Public Service Commission and the Disciplined Forces Service Commission; and

(v) Any person exercising powers delegated to him by the Public Service Commission and the Disciplined Forces Service Commission;

(d)Economic, social and cultural rights which are not referred to in the Constitution of Mauritius:

(e)Private dispute between individuals or any complaint against private employers or professionals, e.g. lawyers, doctors, etc.