Racial discrimination in Laos, as well as other human rights violations towards minorities exists, according to international reports, despite Laos being a signatory to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial DiscriminationSituation of minorities remains dire as Laos goes before the UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination, FIDH press release, February 27, 2012UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: State Party Report, Laos, reporting for periods of 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003 in one document2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Laos and in violation of the constitution of Laos, which says in part, "Lao citizens, irrespective of their sexes, social statuses, (levels of'] education, faiths and ethnic groups, are equal before the law".Statement by H. E Mr. Phongsavath BOUPHA, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Head of the Lao Delegation
See also Insurgency in Laos Human rights in Laos
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