UN women’s rights experts issue findings on Burkina Faso, Singapore, Paraguay, Nauru, Israel, Kuwait, Kenya, Oman, Norway, DPRK, Monaco and Guatemala

        
UN women’s rights experts issue findings on Burkina Faso, Singapore, Paraguay, Nauru, Israel, Kuwait, Kenya, Oman, 
Norway, DPRK, Monaco and Guatemala 

GENEVA (20 November 2017) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has published its findings on the following countries which it examined during its 23 October to 17 November in Geneva: Burkina Faso, Singapore, Paraguay, Nauru, Israel, Kuwait, Kenya, Oman, Norway, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Monaco and Guatemala. 

The findings cover how the respective State is doing with regard to women’s rights, detailing positive developments, main areas of concern, and recommendations for action.  The finding, officially known as concluding observations, can be found here: 
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=1079&Lang=en 

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is composed of 23 international independent experts, who monitor implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, ratified to date by Rights of the Child, ratified to date by 189 States. 

The Committee will next meet from 19 February to 9 March 2018 in Geneva  to review Chile, Fiji, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia and Suriname. More information here: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=1157&Lang=en 

ENDS 

For more information and media requests, please contact:  Liz Throssell ethrossell@ohchr.org / 41 22 917 94 66 or 41 79 752 0488 

Background 
CEDAW members are independent human rights experts drawn from around the world, who 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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Published by Anjan Kumar Samal
New Delhi-India

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