573. International prohibition of discrimination.

The right to protection from discrimination on grounds of race has been recognised as a peremptory norm of customary international law¹, and the general right to equality is protected by a large number of global human rights instruments including the Charter of the United Nations², the Universal Declaration of Human Rights³, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights⁴ and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights⁵, in addition to the European Convention on Human Rights⁶. Each of these instruments can be of assistance when interpreting the meaning and scope of the prohibition of discrimination under the