消除对妇女歧视委员会

2014年6月26日

背景信息 
 
委员会将审议中非共和国、格鲁吉亚、印度、立陶宛、毛里塔尼亚、秘鲁、斯威士兰和叙利亚的状况

消除对妇女歧视委员会将于6月30日至7月18日在日内瓦万国宫举行第58届会议，审议中非共和国、格鲁吉亚、印度、立陶宛、毛里塔尼亚、秘鲁、斯威士兰和叙利亚提交的有关其分别如何落实《消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约》规定的报告。
 
《公约》各缔约国承诺终结对妇女的所有政治、经济、社会、文化、公民与其他形式的歧视。由23名专家组成的委员会监督条约的落实情况。委员会评估各缔约国在何种程度上履行义务，并为履行《公约》作出建议。

在6月30日（周一）的开幕会议上，委员会将听取一位秘书长代表的发言并通过议程。委员会主席尼科尔·阿梅利（Nicole Ameline）将向委员会做简报，介绍上次会议以来开展了哪些对委员会工作产生影响的活动。

除了审议八个缔约国的报告，理事会还将与非政府组织和国家人权机构举行公开非正式会议，讨论接受审议国家的状况。委员会还将在闭门会议中根据《公约》的任择议定书审议个人投诉和询问。委员会将讨论与结论性意见和工作方法相关的问题。 
 
委员会计划在7月7日（周一）上午就女童/妇女教育权问题举行时长半天的一般性讨论。本次一般性讨论旨在启动委员会拟定关于女童/妇女教育权的一般性建议的进程。一般性建议的目的是为《公约》缔约国提供合适而权威的指导，告知其应采取何种措施，以确保根据《公约》第10条相应内容充分履行义务，保护、尊重和落实妇女与女童的教育权。

中非共和国将提交第一至第五次定期报告（CEDAW/C/CAF/1-5）。格鲁吉亚将提交第四和第五次合并定期报告（CEDAW/C/GEO/4-5）。   

委员会关于第二和第三次合并定期报告（2006年8月审议）的结论性意见和建议可在此查看：CEDAW/C/GEO/CO/3
 
印度将提交第四和第五次合并定期报告（CEDAW/C/IND/4-5）。委员会关于第二和第三次合并定期报告（2007年1月和2月审议）的结论性意见和建议可在此查看：CEDAW/C/IND/CO/3。立陶宛将提交第五次定期报告（CEDAW/C/LTU/5）。 

委员会关于第三和第四次合并定期报告（2008年7月审议）的结论性意见和建议可在此查看：CEDAW/C/LTU/CO/4。
 
毛里塔尼亚将提交第二和第三次合并定期报告（CEDAW/C/MRT/2-3）。委员会关于首次报告（2007年5月审议）的结论性意见和建议可在此查看：CEDAW/C/MRT/CO/1。秘鲁将提交第七和第八次合并定期报告（CEDAW/C/PER/7-8）。委员会关于第六次定期报告（2007年1月审议）的结论性意见和建议可在此查看：CEDAW/C/PER/CO/6。

斯威士兰将提交第一和第二次合并定期报告（CEDAW/C/SWZ/1-2）。叙利亚将提交第二次定期报告（CEDAW/C/SYR/2）。委员会关于首次报告（2007年5月审议）的结论性意见和建议可在此查看：CEDAW/C/SYR/CO/1。
 
委员会将在届会上审议的报告和其他文件可在委员会网页上查看。  
 
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
 
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 18 December 1979, and entered into force on 3 September 1981.  Often described as an international bill of rights for women, the Convention both defines discrimination against women and sets an agenda for national action to end such discrimination.  Since its entry into force, the Convention has achieved near-universal acceptance, with 187 States parties.
 
The Convention defines discrimination against women as "... any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men and women, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field".
 
By accepting the Convention, States parties commit themselves to undertake a series of measures to end discrimination against women in all forms, including: incorporating the principle of equality of men and women in their legal system; abolishing all discriminatory laws and adopting appropriate ones prohibiting discrimination against women; establishing public institutions to ensure the effective protection of women against discrimination; and ensuring elimination of all acts of discrimination against women by persons, organizations or enterprises.
 
Optional Protocol to the Convention
 
On 22 December 2000, the Optional Protocol to the Convention entered into force, by which States parties recognize the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications submitted by individuals or groups of individuals claiming to be victims of a violation of their rights under the Convention.
 
To date, 104 of the Convention's 188 States parties have accepted the Optional Protocol.  Before the Committee will consider a complaint, it first must establish its admissibility under the terms of the Optional Protocol.  The Optional Protocol also enables the Committee, upon the fulfilment of certain criteria, to undertake inquiries into possible grave or systematic violations of women's rights. 

Membership
 
The Committee is made up of 23 experts of high moral standing and recognized competence in the field of women's rights.  Members are nominated and elected by the States parties and serve in their personal capacity.
 
The Committee Members are: Ayse Feride Acar (Turkey); Noor Al-Jehani (Qatar);
Nicole Ameline (France); Barbara Evelyn Bailey (Jamaica); Olindia Bareiro-Bobadilla (Paraguay); Meriem Belmihoub-Zerdani (Algeria); Niklas Bruun (Finland); Naela Mohamed Gabr (Egypt); Hilary Gbedemah (Ghana); Nahla Haidar (Lebanon);  Ruth Halperin-Kaddari (Israel); Yoko Hayashi (Japan); Ismat Jahan (Bangladesh); Dalia Leinarte (Lithuania); Violeta Neubauer (Slovenia); Theodora Oby Nwankwo (Nigeria); Pramila Patten (Mauritius); Silvia Pimentel (Brazil); Maria Helena Lopes de Jesus Pires (Timor-Leste); Biancamaria Pomeranzi (Italy); Patricia Schulz (Switzerland); Dubravka Šimonović (Croatia) and Xiaoqiao Zou (China).
 
Ms. Ameline is the Chairperson.  The Vice-Chairpersons are Ms. Jahan, Ms. Neubauer and Ms. Patten, and the Rapporteur is Ms. Bailey.
 
Proposed Programme of Work
 
Monday, 30 June
 
10 a.m.         Opening of session, adoption of agenda
 
3 p.m.          Informal meeting with non-governmental organizations
 
4:30 p.m.      Informal meeting with national human rights institutions
 
Tuesday, 1 July
 
10 a.m.          Peru combined seventh and eighth periodic reports (CEDAW/C/PER/7-8)
 
3 p.m.           Peru (continued)
         
Wednesday, 2 July
         
10 a.m.         India combined fourth and fifth periodic reports (CEDAW/C/IND/4-5)
 
3 p.m.          India (continued)
 
Thursday, 3 July
 
10 a.m.         Mauritania combined second and third periodic reports (CEDAW/C/MRT/2-3)
 
3 p.m.          Mauritania (continued)
 
Friday, 4 July
         
10 a.m.         Syria second periodic report (CEDAW/C/SYR/2)
 
3 p.m.          Syria (continued)
 
Monday, 7 July
 
10 a.m.         Half-day general discussion on girls’/women’s right to education
 
4 p.m.                    Informal meeting with non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions

Tuesday, 8 July
 
10 a.m.         Georgia combined fourth and fifth periodic reports (CEDAW/C/GEO/4-5)
 
3 p.m.          Georgia (continued)
 
Wednesday, 9 July
 
10 a.m.         Lithuania fifth periodic report (CEDAW/C/LTU/5)
 
3 p.m.          Lithuania (continued)
 
Thursday, 10 July
 
10 a.m.         Swaziland initial and second periodic report (CEDAW/C/SWZ/1-2)
 
3 p.m.          Swaziland (continued)
 
Friday, 11 July
 
10 a.m.         Central African Republic initial to fifth periodic reports (CEDAW/C/CAF/1-5)
               3 p.m.         Central African Republic (continued)
 
        Friday, 18 July
 
        3 p.m.               Closing of the session.        
 
 
 
        Live webcasts of the session can be viewed on http://www.treatybodywebcast.org/. 
 
 
The Committee’s concluding observations will be made available at http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=812&Lang=en on Monday 21 July.
 
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