[women-rights] CEDAW 37th session: Concluding Comments

Dear Subscribers, 

We are pleased to provide you herewith the second 2007 distribution of
treaty body recommendations through the listserve administered by the
Treaties and Council Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights.

For your information, we attach the Concluding Comments adopted by the
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women at its
thirty-seventh session held from 15 January to 2 February 2007 in New
York, in respect of reports submitted by 15 States parties. The Concluding
Comments are provided in the final version and in the language of
adoption. The final versions, in all six official languages of the United
Nations, are available on the website of the Division for the Advancement
of Women at the following link:

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/37sess.htm 

Under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women, the Committee adopted Concluding Comments in respect of the
following 15 States parties:

Tajikistan http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Tajikistan.pdf 
Austria http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Austria.pdf 
Azerbaijan http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Azerbaijan.pdf 
Colombia http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Colombia.pdf 
Greece http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Greece.pdf 
India http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/India.pdf 
Kazakhstan http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Kazakhstan.pdf 
Maldives http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Maldives.pdf 

Namibia http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Namibia.pdf 
Netherlands http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Netherlands.pdf 
Nicaragua http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Nicaragua.pdf 
Peru http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Peru.pdf 
Poland http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Poland.pdf 
Suriname http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Suriname.pdf 
Vietnam http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/cedaw/Vietnam.pdf 


Next sessions 

At its 38th session (14 May to 1 June 2007), the Committee will consider
the reports of the following States parties: Mauritania, Mozambique,
Niger, Pakistan, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Syrian Arab Republic, Vanuatu.

Information about the next (38th) session of the Committee can be found
at: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/38sess.htm

At its 39th session (23 July to 10 August 2007), the Committee will
consider the reports of the following States parties: Cook Islands,
Belize, Brazil, Estonia, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Jordan,
Kenya, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Korea, Singapore.

Information about the (39th) session of the Committee can be found at:
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/39sess.htm

Further attached is the revised global Reporting Schedule setting out the
tentative consideration of State reports by treaty and session in 2007 and
2008. The schedule, correct as of 21 March 2007, is subject to change
without notice.

http://www.ohchr.org/tbru/Reporting_Schedule.pdf 

Treaties and Council Branch 
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 
website: http://www.ohchr.org/english/