UN women’s rights committee to review Barbados, Costa
Rica, Italy, Montenegro, Niger, Nigeria, Romania and Thailand
GENEVA (29 June 2017)
– The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
(CEDAW) is meeting in Geneva from 3 to 21July
to review women’s rights in the following countries: Barbados, Costa
Rica, Italy, Montenegro, Niger, Nigeria, Romania and Thailand.
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 will 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 will be webcast at http://webtv.un.org/.
CEDAW’s findings, officially termed concluding
observations, on the countries reviewed, will be published on 24 July here.
A news conference to discuss the findings is scheduled
for 12.30 on 24 July at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
ENDS
For more information on the work of CEDAW please contact
Jakob Schneider at jschneider@ohchr.org
For media requests please contact:
Nicoleta Panta, +41(0) 22 9179310/npanta@ohchr.org
Media accreditation – click here.
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.
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