MEDIA ADVISORY - Women's rights: UN Committee to review Canada, Burundi, B

UN women’s rights committee to review Canada, Burundi, Bhutan, Belarus, Argentina, Switzerland, Honduras, Armenia, Bangladesh, Estonia, Netherlands

GENEVA (17 October 2016)  – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is meeting in Geneva from 24 October to 18 November to review women’s rights in the following countries:  Canada (25 October); Burundi (26 October); Bhutan (27 October); Belarus (28 October); Argentina (1 November); Switzerland (2 November); Honduras (3 November), Armenia (4 November); Bangladesh (8 November); Estonia (9 November); and Netherlands (10 November).

The above countries have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and are reviewed regularly by CEDAW on how they are implementing the Convention. The Committee, which is composed of 23 international independent experts, will hold dialogues with delegations from the respective governments and also be briefed by NGOs and national human rights institutions.

The Committee’s dialogues with the delegations will take place from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 17:00 at Palais des Nations – Room XVI and be webcast at http://webtv.un.org/

CEDAW’s findings, officially termed concluding observations, on the countries reviewed, will be published on Monday 21 November here: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=1027&Lang=en

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Background

CEDAW is composed of 23 independent human rights experts drawn from around the world. They serve in their personal capacity and not as representatives of States parties. The Committee’s concluding observations are an independent assessment of States’ compliance with their human rights obligations under the treaty. More information:

http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/cedaw/pages/cedawindex.aspx

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Komitet UN za ženska prava će razmotri Kanada, Burundi, Butan, Belorusija, Argentina, Švajcarska, Honduras, Jermenija, Bangladeš, Estonija, Holandija 

Ženeva (17 oktobar 2016) - Komitet UN za eliminaciju svih oblika diskriminacije žena (CEDAV) će održati  sastanak u Ženeva od 24. oktobra do 18. novembra da razmotri prava žena u sledećim zemljama: Kanada (25 oktobra); Burundi (26. oktobar); Butan (27. oktobar); Belorusija (28. oktobar), Argentina (1 novembar); Švajcarska (2 novembar); Honduras (3. novembar), Jermenija (4 novembar); Bangladeš (8 novembar); Estonija (9. novembar); i Holandija (10 novembra). 

Navedene zemlje su ratifikovala Konvenciju o eliminaciji svih oblika diskriminacije žena i redovno pregledani od strane CEDAV o tome kako su implementirali Konvencije. Odbor, koji se sastoji od 23 međunarodnih nezavisnih stručnjaka, će održati dijalog sa delegacijama iz odgovarajućih vlada, kao i da se informišu NVO i nacionalne institucija za ljudska prava.

Dijalozi Komiteta sa delegacijama će se održati od 10:00 do 13:00 i od 15:00 do 17:00 na Palais des Nations - Soba KSVI  http://vebtv.un.org/ u  CEDAV je nalazima, će biti zvanično zaključna opažanja,u analiziranim zemljama,a biće objavljeni u ponedeljak 21. novembra ovde: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_laiouts/treatibodiekternal/SessionDetails1.aspk?SessionID=1027&Lang=en KRAJ Za više informacija kontaktirajte Jakob Schneider u jschneider@ohchr.org 

Media zahteva: Liz Throssell: +41 (0) 22 917 9466 ethrossell@ohchr.org 

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CEDAV je sastavljen od 23 nezavisnih eksperata za ljudska prava iz svih delova sveta. Oni služe u ličnom svojstvu, a ne kao predstavnici država članica. zaključna razmatranja Komiteta su nezavisna procena države dali ispunjavaju svoje obaveze ljudskih prava na osnovu ugovora.

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