FW: CEDAW Meets in Exceptional Session / MAGYARORSZÁGI jelentés

[Szabó Erzsébet]

Dr. Szabó Erzsébet Mária
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Subject: CEDAW Meets in Exceptional Session
 
IWTC WOMEN'S GLOBALNET #201
Initiatives and Activities of Women Worldwide
By Anne S. Walker 
 
August 19, 2002
 
WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE HOLDS EXCEPTIONAL SESSION IN NEW 
YORK FROM 5 TO 23 AUGUST 2002
 
SPECIAL 3-WEEK SESSION TO CATCH UP ON REPORTS:
An exceptional session of the Committee on the Elimination of 
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is currently taking place at United

Nations Headquarters in New York. Since 1997, the Committee has met 
twice annually.  However, at its twenty-fifth session, the Committee 
adopted a decision which took into account that there were significant 
numbers of reports of States parties awaiting consideration. As the 
Committee was concerned that the information in these reports would 
become obsolete, the General Assembly approved, on an exceptional basis,

a session of three weeks duration in August 2002, consisting of 30 
meetings of the Committee, to be used entirely for the consideration of 
the reports of the States parties in order to reduce the backlog.
 
THE COUNTRIES CURRENTLY REPORTING:
At this exceptional session, the Committee has reviewed or is reviewing 
the fourth and fifth periodic report of Argentina, the second periodic 
report of Armenia, the fourth periodic report of Barbados, the second 
periodic report of the Czech Republic, the combined fourth and fifth 
periodic report of Greece, the combined third and fourth and the fifth 
periodic report of Guatemala, the combined fourth and fifth periodic 
report of Hungary, the fifth periodic report of Mexico, the fifth 
periodic report of Peru, the third periodic report of Uganda, and the 
fourth and fifth periodic report of Yemen.
 
Countries that have ratified or acceded to the Convention are legally 
bound to put its provisions into practice.  They are also committed to 
submit reports one year after becoming a State party and then at least 
once every four years thereafter. To date, the Committee has considered 
119 initial, 87 second, 68 third, 35 fourth and 10 fifth periodic 
reports.  It has also received five reports on an exceptional basis -- 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), and Rwanda.
 
NGO SHADOW REPORTS:
CEDAW Experts also receive country-specific information from NGOs, which

are able to brief the Committees pre-session working group and plenary 
meeting.
 
CEDAW NOW RATIFIED BY 170 COUNTRIES:
The Convention, which as of 25 July 2002 had been ratified or acceded to

by 170 countries, requires States parties to eliminate discrimination 
against women in the enjoyment of all civil, political, economic and 
cultural rights.  
 
CEDAW OPTIONAL PROTOCOL:
On 22 December 2000, the Optional Protocol to the Convention entered 
into force.  The Optional Protocol entitles the Committee to consider 
petitions from individual women or groups of women who have exhausted 
national remedies.  It also entitles the Committee to conduct inquiries 
into grave or systematic violations of the Convention.  As of 25 July 
2002, there were 41 States parties to the Optional Protocol.
 
STATES PARTIES TO CEDAW:
As of 25 July 2002, the following 170 States had either ratified or 
acceded to the Convention, which entered into force on 3 September 1981:

 Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, 
Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, 
Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, 
Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, 
Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, CTte d'Ivoire, 
Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of 
Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, 
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, 
Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, 
Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, 
Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, 
Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, 
Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic,

Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, 
Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, 
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, 
Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, 
Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,

Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, 
Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, 
Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South 
Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, 
Thailand, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Trinidad and 
Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United 
Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, 
Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
 
STATES PARTIES TO OPTIONAL PROTOCOL:
As of 25 July 2002, the following 41 States had either ratified or 
acceded to the Optional Protocol of the Convention which entered into 
force on 22 December 2000:  Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, 
Brazil, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican 
Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary,

Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Mali, Mexico, 
Mongolia, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, 
Peru, Portugal, Senegal, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Thailand, 
Uruguay and Venezuela.
 
COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS MEMBERSHIP
The 23 experts of CEDAW, who serve in their personal capacities, monitor

the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of 
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which was adopted by the General 
Assembly in 1979 and came into force in 1981.
 
The current members of the Committee, serving in their personal 
capacity, are: 
Charlotte Abaka (Chairperson), Ghana
Ayse Feride Acar (Vice-Chairperson), Turkey
Rosario Manalo (Vice-Chairperson), Philippines
Zelmira Regazzoli (Vice-Chairperson), Argentina
Rosalyn Hazelle (Rapporteur), St. Kitts and Nevis
Sjamsiah Achmad, Indonesia
Emna Aouij, Tunisia
Ivanka Corti, Italy
Feng Cui, China
Naela Gabr, Egypt
FranŤoise Gaspard, France
Mar'a Yolanda Ferrer G-mez, Cuba
Aída Gonzlez Martínez, Mexico
Savitri Goonesekere, Sri Lanka
Christine Kapalata, United Republic of Tanzania
Fatima Kwaku, Nigeria
Gšran Melander, Sweden
Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini, South Africa
Frances Livingstone Raday, Israel
Fumiko Saiga , Japan
Hanna Beate Schšpp-Schilling, Germany
Heisoo Shin, Republic of Korea
Maria Regina Tavares da Silva, Portugal
 
For more information on CEDAW and women's rights, contact:  Women's 
Rights Unit, UN Division for the Advancement of Women, Department of 
Economic and Social Affairs, Room DC2-1228, United Nations, New York, NY

10017. Fax: (212) 963-3463. E-mail:  <del-vasto at un.org> 
 
Visit the CEDAW page of the web site of the UN Division for the 
Advancement of Women at: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw.
 
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