Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Twenty-ninth session  30 June-18 July 2003  Profiles of non-reporting States  Introduction  At its twenty-eighth session, in January 2003, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women requested the Division for the Advancement of Women to prepare a background paper on a compilation of profiles of non-reporting States parties whose reports are five years or more overdue, including priority States/long-term non-reporting States and medium-term non-reporting States, in order to facilitate the Committee's analysis of the root causes of non-reporting.1  Profiles of the following countries have been prepared in accordance with the above request.  The following is a list of the States parties whose initial reports are more than five years overdue:  The following is a list of the States parties whose periodic reports are more than five years overdue:  States parties whose initial reports are more than five years overdue  At present, there are 29 States parties to the Convention whose initial reports are more than five years overdue.  They have been reviewed in three clusters, namely those whose reports were due between 1982 and 1989; those whose reports were due between 1990 and 1994; and those whose reports were due between 1995 and 1998.  Only one State party has not reported under any of its treaty requirements.  Cluster one (1982-1989)  The following eight States parties from Africa (5) and the Caribbean (3) are in this cluster: Cape Verde, Dominica, Haiti, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Saint Lucia, Sierra Leone and Togo.  In this group, States have reported most frequently under the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.  However, almost all of them also have overdue reporting obligations under these as well as other treaties to which they are party.  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination considered implementation of the Convention in the absence of a report, or the reporting State, in three cases.  The specifics are as follows:  (a) Cape Verde has not reported under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights or the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights but has reported under the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (b) Dominica has not reported under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights or the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights but has reported under the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (c) Haiti has not reported under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (a special report was submitted) but has reported under the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (d) Liberia has not reported under the Convention on the Rights of the Child or the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination;  (e) Guinea-Bissau has not reported under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights but has reported under the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (f) Saint Lucia has not reported under the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination but has reported under the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (g) Sierra Leone has not reported under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights or the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights but has reported under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination;  (h) Togo has not reported under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment or under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights but has reported under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.  Cluster two (1990-1994)  The following nine States parties from Africa (3), Asia (2), the Caribbean (2) and Eastern Europe (2) are in this cluster: Bahamas, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Grenada, Latvia, Seychelles and Tajikistan.  As with the previous group, States have reported most frequently under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.  Apart from non-reporting under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, States most commonly seem not to be reporting under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.  As with the previous group, even though States parties have reported under various treaties, in most instances they also have multiple outstanding reporting obligations.  Bosnia and Herzegovina seems to be the only State party that has not reported under any other treaty to which it is a party.  In this case, the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination considered the situation in the State party without a report under relevant procedures.  The specifics are as follows:  (a) The Bahamas has not reported under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, but has reported under the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination;  (b) Bosnia and Herzegovina has not reported under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights or the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (c) Cambodia has not reported under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights but has reported under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (d) The Central African Republic has not reported under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights but has reported under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (e) Côte d'Ivoire has not reported under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights or the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights but has reported under the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (f) Grenada has not reported under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights or the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights but has reported under the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (g) Latvia has not reported under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights but has reported under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;  (h) Seychelles has not reported under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights or the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights but has reported under the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (i) Tajikistan has not reported under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination or the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights but has reported under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.  Cluster three (1995-1998)  The following 12 States parties from Africa (6), Asia and the Pacific (5) and Eastern Europe (1) are in this cluster: Botswana, Chad, Comoros, Eritrea, Lebanon, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mozambique, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Vanuatu.  This group of States parties has most frequently reported under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.  In almost all instances where States have reported, new reporting obligations are already outstanding.  Several States are party to only one or two other treaties, apart from the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and those have commonly adhered to their initial and sometimes subsequent reporting obligations.  The specifics are as follows:  (a) Botswana has not reported under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment or the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights but has reported under the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (b) Chad has not reported under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights or the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights but has reported under the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (c) Comoros has reported under the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (d) Eritrea has not reported under the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination or the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;  (e) Lebanon has not reported under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, but has reported under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (f) Lesotho has not reported under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment or the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights but has reported under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (g) Malaysia has not reported under the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (h) Mozambique has not reported under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment or the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights but has reported under the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (i) Pakistan has reported under the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (j) Papua New Guinea has not reported under the Convention on the Rights of the Child but has reported under the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination;  (k) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has not reported under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights but has reported under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Rights of the Child;  (l) Vanuatu has reported under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.  While each non-reporting State is unique, those whose initial reports are more than five years overdue seem to share, in general terms, one or more of the following elements: several of them are small island developing States, while others fall into the category of least developed countries; adherence to their reporting obligations seems to be affected by conflict or post-conflict situations.  Transition countries are also found among non-reporting States.  It should be noted that there are countries among these non-reporting States to which none of these elements apply.  States parties whose periodic reports are more than five years overdue  States which have submitted their initial report but whose subsequent periodic reports are more than five years overdue fall into three groups.  States whose second (and subsequent periodic) report is overdue  Six States from Africa (4), Latin America (1) and Eastern Europe (1) fall into the first category.  Their second periodic reports were due between 1992 and 1997.  This means that, in all cases, more than one report is overdue.  These States are:  Bolivia (1995)  Burundi (1992)  Croatia (1997)  Madagascar (1994)  Namibia (1997)  Zimbabwe (1996)  The year in parentheses indicates when the second periodic report was due.  States whose third (and subsequent) periodic report is overdue  There are also six States in the second category, from Africa (3), Latin America (2) and Europe (1).  Their third periodic reports were overdue between 1990 and 1996.  Again, this means that in all instances, at least two reports are overdue, and in the case of Guyana, four reports are outstanding.  These States are:  Cyprus (1994)  Ghana (1995)  Guyana (1990)  Mauritius (1993)  Paraguay (1996)  Senegal (1994)  The year in parentheses indicates when the third periodic report was due.  States whose fourth (and subsequent) periodic report is overdue  The third category comprises 13 States whose fourth (and subsequent) reports are more than five years overdue.  These are from Africa (3), Latin America and the Caribbean (5), Asia and the Pacific (3) and Eastern Europe (2).  These reports have been overdue since between 1994 and 1997.  The fourth periodic reports of six of these States have been overdue since 1994, which means that, in each instance, three reports are outstanding.  While Bhutan has submitted its combined initial, second and third periodic report (CEDAW/C/BTN/1-3), which is tentatively scheduled for consideration in January 2004, its fourth to sixth periodic reports are also overdue.  The second and third periodic report of Equatorial Guinea (CEDAW/C/GNQ/2-3) has been submitted, but so far, it has not been possible to schedule consideration of the reports, and the fourth and fifth periodic reports are now overdue.  These States are:  Australia (1996)  Bhutan (1994)  Bulgaria (1995)  Equatorial Guinea (1997)  Guinea (1995)  Honduras (1996)  Indonesia (1997)  Panama (1994)  Poland (1994)  Rwanda (1994)  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1994)  Uruguay (1994)  Venezuela (1996)  The year in parentheses indicates when the fourth periodic report was due.  The annex to the present background paper contains profiles of non-reporting States and is divided into two parts: part one covers those States parties whose initial reports are at least five years overdue, and part two covers those States parties that have in the past submitted one or more reports but whose reports are currently more than five years overdue.  Notes  1 See A/58/38 (Part I), para.  Annex*  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) accession 8/10/93  Reservations to articles: 2,9,16,29  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - 17/01/2003  (ii) Other International human rights treaties to which the state is party  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - succession 05/08/75  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 20/02/1991  Status of reporting  CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue: 3, (initial - 05/11/94; second periodic - 05/11/98; third periodic- 05/11/2002)  Other treaty bodies  CERD - reports submitted: initial 17/05/77; second periodic 08/01/79; third and fourth periodic 25/08/82; Review of implementation 13/08/91; Review of implementation 10/03/97  reports overdue (10): fifth periodic due 04/09/1984; sixth periodic due 04/09/86; seventh periodic due 04/09/88; eighth periodic due 04/09/1990; ninth periodic due 04/06/1992; tenth periodic due 04/09/1994; eleventh periodic due 04/09/1996; twelfth periodic due 04/06/1998; thirteenth periodic due 04/06/2000; fourteenth periodic due 04/09/2002  CRC - reports submitted: none  Reports overdue (3): initial due 21/03/1993; second periodic 21/03/1998; third periodic 21/03/2003  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) succession 01/09/1993  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - ratification 04/09/2002  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 01/09/1993  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - succession 01/09/1993  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 01/03/1995  CCPR-OP2 - DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 16/03/2001  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - succession 16/07/93  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - succession 01/09/1993  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - succession 01/09/1993  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 07/09/2000  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - ratification 04/09/2002  MWC - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - accession 13/12/1996  Status of reporting  CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (3): initial due 01/10/94; second periodic due 01/10/98; third periodic due 01/10/2002  Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (3): initial 05/03/1993; second periodic 05/03/1997; third periodic 05/03/2001  CCPR - reports submitted: special 30/10/92; reports overdue (3): initial due 05/03/1993; second periodic 05/03/1998; third periodic 05/03/2003  CERD - reports submitted (8); special 29/07/1993; special 20/01/1995; review of implementation 28/02/1995; decision adopted by Committee 17/08/1995; decision adopted by Committee 13/03/1996; decision adopted by Committee 18/08/1997; decision adopted by Committee 19/03/1998; decision adopted by Committee 19/08/1998; reports overdue (5): initial due 16/07/1994; second periodic due  16/07/1996; third periodic due 16/07/1998; fourth periodic due 16/07/2000; fifth periodic due 16/07/2002  CESCR - reports submitted none; reports overdue (2): initial due 30/06/1995; second periodic due 30/06/2000  CRC - reports submitted none; reports overdue (2): initial due 05/03/1994; second periodic due 05/03/1999  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) accession 13/08/1996  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 08/09/2000  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 08/09/2000  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 20/02/1974  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - accession 14/03/1995  Status of reporting CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (2): initial 12/09/1997; second periodic due 12/09/2001  Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (1): initial due 08/09/2001  CCPR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (1): initial due 08/12/2001  CERD - reports submitted (4): initial 01/08/1975; second periodic 26/09/1977; third, fourth and fifth periodic 29/04/1983; sixth to fourteenth periodic 09/03/2002; reports overdue: none  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 10/01/2003; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 12/04/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) accession 15/10/92  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - signature only 11/11/2001  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other International human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 15/10/1992  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 26/05/1992  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 28/11/1983  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 26/05/1992  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - accession 15/10/1992  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 27/06/2000  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - ratification 30/05/2002  Status of reporting  CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (3): initial due 14/11/93; second periodic due 14/11/97; third periodic due 14/11/2001  Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted (1): initial 29/08/2002; reports overdue: none.  CCPR - reports submitted (1): initial 24/11/1997; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 31/07/2002  CERD - reports submitted (2): initial 19/11/1985; second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh periodic 04/02/1997; reports overdue (3): eighth periodic due 28/12/1998; ninth periodic due 28/12/2000; tenth periodic due 28/12/ 2002  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 30/06/1994; second periodic due 30/06/1999  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 18/12/1997; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 13/11/1999  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) accession 05/12/1980  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 04/06/1992  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 06/08/1993  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 19/05/2000  CCPR-OP2 -DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 19/05/2000  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 03/10/1979  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 06/08/1993  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - accession 04/06/1992  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - accession 10/05/2002  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - accession 10/05/2002  MWC - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - accession 16/09/1997  Status of reporting  CEDAW -never reported  reports overdue (6): initial due 03/09/82; second periodic due 03/09;86; third periodic due 03/09/90; fourth periodic 03/09/94; fifth periodic due 03/09/98; sixth periodic due 03/09/2002  Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (3): initial due 03/07/1993; second periodic due 03/07/1997; third periodic due 03/07/2001  CCPR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 05/11/1994; second periodic due 05/11/1999  CERD - reports submitted (5): initial 03/07/1981; second periodic 01/08/1983; review of implementation 02/11/1992; review of implementation 02/11/1996; third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth periodic reports 05/08/2002; reports overdue: none.  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 30/06/1995; second periodic due 30/06/2000  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 30/11/1999; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 03/07/1999  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - accession 21/06/1991  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 08/05/1981  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 08/05/1981  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 16/03/1971  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 08/05/1981  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 23/04/1992  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (3): initial due 21/07/21/07/96; second periodic due 21/07/2000  Other treaty bodies  CCPR - reports submitted (1): initial 28/10/1987; reports overdue (4): second periodic due 09/04/1989; third periodic due 09/04/1992; fourth periodic due 09/04/1997; fifth periodic due 09/04/2002  CERD - reports submitted (4): initial, second and third periodic 27/02/1976; fourth, fifth and sixth periodic 21/04/1983; seventh periodic 25/01/85; review of implementation 24/08/99; reports overdue (9); eighth periodic 15/04/1986; ninth periodic 15/04/1988; tenth periodic 15/04/1990; eleventh periodic 15/04/1992; twelfth periodic 15/05/1994; thirteenth periodic 15/04/1996; fourteenth periodic 15/04/1998; sixteenth periodic 15/15/2000; seventeenth periodic 15/04/2002  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (3): initial due 30/06/1990; second periodic due 30/06/1995; third periodic due 30/06/2000  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 15/04/1998; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 23/05/1999  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - accession 09/06/1995  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 09/06/1995  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 09/06/95  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 09/06/1995  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 17/08/1977  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 09/06/1995  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 02/10/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 03/05/2002  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 08/05/2002  Status of reporting  CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (2): initial due 09/07/96; second periodic due 09/07/2000  Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 09/07/1996; second periodic 09/07/2000  CCPR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 08/09/1996; second periodic due 08/09/2001  CERD reports submitted (6): initial 18/07/1978; second and third periodic 10/01/1984; fourth periodic 04/11/1986; fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth periodic 04/02/1995; review of implementation 17/03/1993; review of implementation 12/08/1994; reports overdue (4): tenth periodic due 16/09/1996; eleventh periodic due 16/09/1998; twelfth periodic due 16/09/2000; thirteenth periodic due 16/09/2002  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 30/06/1997; second periodic due 30/06/2002  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 14/01/1997; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 31/10/1997; third periodic due 31/10/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - accession 31/10/1994  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - signature only 22/09/2000  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - signature only 22/09/2000  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 22/06/1993  MWC - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - signature only 22/09/2000  Status of reporting CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (2): initial due 30/11/95; second periodic due 30/11/99  Other treaty bodies  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 24/03/1998; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 21/07/2000  CÔTE D'IVOIRE  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 18/12/1995  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 18/12/1995  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 26/003/1992  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 05/03/1997  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 04/01/1973  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 26/03/1992  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 04/02/1991  Status of reporting  CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (2): initial due 17/01/1997 second periodic due 17/01/2001  Other treaty bodies  CAT reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 16/01/1997; second periodic due 16/01/2001  CCPR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 25/06/1993; second periodic due 25/06/1998  CERD - reports submitted (4): initial 23/07/1974; second, third and fourth periodic 21/07/1981; review of implementation 08/08/1991; review of implementation 05/08/1996; reports overdue (11): fifth periodic due 03/02/1882; sixth periodic due 03/02/1984; seventh periodic due 03/02/1986; eighth periodic due 03/02/1988; ninth periodic due 03/02/1990; tenth periodic due 03/02/1992; eleventh periodic due 03/02/1994; twelfth periodic due 03/02/1996; thirteenth periodic due 03/02/1998; fourteenth periodic due 03/02/2000; fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth periodic due 03/02/2002 (sic)  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 30/06/1994; second periodic due 30/06/1999  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 22/01/1999; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 05/03/1998; third periodic due 05/03/2003  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - ratification 05/09/1980  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 17/06/1993  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 17/06/1993  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 13/03/1991  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - accession 20/09/2002  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - accession 20/09/2002  Status of reporting  CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (6): initial due 03/09/82; second periodic due 03/09/86; third periodic due 03/09/90; fourth periodic due 03/09/94; fifth periodic due 03/09/98; sixth periodic due 03/09/2002  Other treaty bodies  CCPR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 16/09/1994; second periodic due 16/09/1999  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 30/06/1995; second periodic due 30/06/2000  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 21/01/2003; reports overdue (3): second periodic due 11/04/1993; third periodic due 11/04/1998; fourth periodic due 11/04/2003  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - accession 05/09/1995  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 22/01/2002  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 31/07/2001  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 17/04/2001  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 03/08/1994  Status of reporting CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (2): initial due 05/10/96; second periodic due 05/10/2000  Other treaty bodies  CERD - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (1): initial due 30/08/2002  CRC - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 01/09/1996; second periodic due 01/06/2001  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - ratification 30/08/1990  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 06/09/1991  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - signature only 17/12/1981  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 06/09/1991  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 05/11/1990  Status of reporting  CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue(3): initial due 29/09/91; second periodic due 29/09/95; third periodic due 29/09/99  Other treaty bodies  CCPR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (3): initial due 05/12/1992; second periodic due 05/12/1997; third periodic due 05/12/2002  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 30/06/1993; second periodic due 30/06/1998  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 24/09/1997; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 04/12/1997; third periodic due 04/12/2002  gUINEA-bISSAU  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 23/08/1985  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - signature only 12/09/2000  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - signature only 12/09/2000  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - signature only 12/09/2000  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - signature only 12/09/2000  CCPR-OP2 - DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - signature only 12/09/2000  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - signature only 12/09/2000  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 02/07/1992  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 20/08/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 08/09/2000  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 08/09/2000  MWC - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - signature only 12/09/2000  Status of reporting  CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (5): initial due 22/09/86; second periodic due 22/09/90; third periodic due 22/09/94; fourth periodic due 22/09/98; fifth periodic due 22/09/2002  Other treaty bodies  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 30/06/1994; second periodic due 30/06/1999  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 06/09/2000; reports overdue (2): 18/09/1997; 18/09/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - ratification 20/06/1981  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 06/02/1991  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 19/12/1972  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 08/06/1995  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 15/08/2002  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 15/08/2002  Status of reporting CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (6): initial due 03/09/1982; second periodic due 03/09/1986; third periodic due 03/09/1990; fourth periodic due 03/09/1994; fifth periodic due 03/09/1998; sixth periodic due 03/09/2002  Other treaty bodies  CCPR - reports submitted (2): special report 27/10/1994; special report 26/02/1995; reports overdue (3): initial due 30/12/1996; second periodic due 05/05/1997; third periodic due 05/05/2002  CERD - reports submitted (8): initial 19/05/1974; second periodic 04/07/1976; third and fourth periodic 07/07/1981; fifth periodic 17/10/1982; sixth and seventh periodic 15/11/1984; eighth and ninth periodic 10/11/1989; review of implementation 10/08/1998; tenth and eleventh periodic 29/04/1999; reports overdue (2): fourteenth periodic due 18/01/2000; fifteenth periodic due 18/01/2002  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 03/04/2001; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 07/07/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - accession 14/04/1992  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 14/04/1992  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 14/04/1992  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 22/06/1994  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 14/04/1992  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 14/04/1992  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - Accession 14/04/1992  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 01/02/2002  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 01/02/2002  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (3): initial due 15/05/93; second periodic due 15/05/97; third periodic due 15/05/2001  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted (1): initial 27/06/2002; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 13/05/1997; third periodic due 13/05/2001  CCPR - reports submitted (2): initial 26/09/1994; second periodic 13/11/2002; reports overdue: none  CERD - reports submitted (2): initial, second and third periodic 17/09/1998; fourth and fifth periodic 08/04/2002; reports overdue (1): sixth periodic due 14/05/2003  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 30/06/1994; second periodic due 30/06/1999  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 25/11/1998; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 13/05/1999  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - accession 16/04/1997  Reservations to articles: 9,16,29  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 05/10/2000  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 03/11/1972  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 12/11/1971  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 03/11/1972  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 14/05/1991  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 11/02/2002  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 10/10/2001  Status of reporting CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (2): initial due 21/05/98; second periodic due 21/05/2002  Other treaty bodies  reports overdue: CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (1): initial due 05/10/2001  CCPR - reports submitted (2): initial 06/04/1983; second periodic 08/06/1996; reports overdue (1): third periodic due 31/12/1999  CERD - reports submitted (5): initial 17/08/1972; second, third, fourth and fifth periodic 05/12/1980; sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth periodic 10/06/1997; review of implementation 12/08/1991; fourteenth and fifteenth periodic 18/01/2002; reports overdue (1): sixteenth periodic due 12/12/2002  CESCR - reports submitted (1): initial 12/05/1993; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 30/06/1995; third periodic due 30/06/2000 (sic)  CRC - reports submitted (2): initial 21/12/1994; second periodic 04/12/1998  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - ratification 22/08/1995  Reservations to article: 2  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - signature only 06/09/2000  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 12/11/2001  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 09/09/1992  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 06/09/2000  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 04/11/1971  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 09/09/1992  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 10/03/1992  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 06/09/2000  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 06/09/2000  Status of reporting CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (2): initial due 21/09/96; second periodic due 21/09/2000  Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (1): initial due 12/12/2002  CCPR - reports submitted (1): initial 08/04/1998; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 30/04/2002  CERD - reports submitted (5): initial and second periodic 19/01/1976; third periodic 26/08/1977; fourth periodic 06/06/1979; fifth and sixth periodic 02/09/1982; seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth periodic 15/06/1989; reports overdue (2): fifteenth periodic due 04/12/2000; sixteenth periodic due 04/12/2002  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 30/06/1994; second periodic due 30/06/1999  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 27/04/1998; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 08/04/1999  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - accession 17/07/1984  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - signature only 18/04/1967  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 05/11/1976  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - signature only 18/04/1967  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 04/06/1993  Status of reporting CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (5): initial due 16/08/85; second periodic due 16/08/89; third periodic due 16/08/93; fourth periodic due 16/08/97; fifth periodic due 16/08/2001  Other treaty bodies  CERD - reports submitted (3): decision of committee 22/08/1996; decision of committee 14/08/2001; review of implementation 14/08/2001; reports overdue (13): initial due 05/12/1977; second periodic due 05/12/1979; third periodic due 05/12/1981; fourth periodic due 05/12/1983; fifth periodic due 05/12/1985; sixth periodic due 05/12/1987; seventh periodic due 05/12/1989; eighth periodic due 05/12/1991; ninth periodic due 05/12/1993; tenth periodic due 05/12/1995; eleventh periodic due 05/12/1997; twelfth periodic due 05/12/1999; thirteenth periodic due 05/12/2001  CRC - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 03/07/1995; second periodic due 03/07/2000  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - accession 05/07/1995  Reservations to articles: 2,5, 7, 9, 16  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - accession 17/02/1995  Status of reporting CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (2): initial due 04/08/96; second periodic due 04/08/2000  Other treaty bodies  CRC - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 19/03/1997; second periodic due 19/03/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - accession 21/04/1997  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 14/09/1999  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 21/07/1993  CCPR-OP2 - DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 21/07/1993  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 18/04/1983  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 26/04/1994  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - accession 06/03/2003  Status of reporting CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (2): initial due 16/05/98; second periodic due 16/05/2002  Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (1): initial due 14/10/2000  CCPR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 20/10/1994; second periodic due 20/10/1999  CERD - reports submitted (3): initial 28/12/1983; review of implementation 17/03/1993; review of implementation 13/08/1999; reports overdue (10): second periodic due 18/05/1986; third periodic due 18/05/1988; fourth periodic due 18/05/1990; fifth periodic due 18/05/1992; sixth periodic due 18/05/1994; seventh periodic due 18/05/1996; eighth periodic due 18/05/1998; ninth periodic due 18/05/2000; tenth periodic due 18/05/2002  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 21/06/2000; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 25/05/2001  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - accession 12/03/1996  Reservations to article: 29  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 21/11/1966  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 12/11/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 26/09/2001  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 26/09/2001  Status of reporting CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue: 2 (11/04/97; 11/04/2001)  Other treaty bodies  CERD - reports submitted (10): initial 24/02/1970; second periodic 18/02/1972; third periodic 13/03/1974; fourth periodic 26/07/1976; fifth periodic 13/03/1978; sixth periodic 27/02/1980; seventh periodic 31/12/1982; eighth periodic 27/07/1984; ninth periodic 01/07/1986; tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth periodic 07/06/1996; reports overdue (3): fifteenth periodic due 04/01/1998; sixteenth periodic due 04/01/2000; seventeenth periodic due 04/01/2002  CRC - reports submitted (2): initial 25/01/1993; second periodic 19/01/2001; reports overdue (1): third periodic due 11/12/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - accession 12/01/1995  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 27/01/1982  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 02/03/1993  Status of reporting CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (2): initial due 11/02/96; second periodic due 11/02/2000  Other treaty bodies  CERD - reports submitted (7): initial 16/08/1983; review of implementation 01/08/1992; review of implementation 01/08/1993; review of implementation 12/08/1994; decision of committee 21/08/1997; decision of committee 04/03/1998; review of implementation 03/03/2002; reports overdue (10): second periodic due 26/02/1985; third periodic due 26/02/1987; fourth periodic due 26/02/1989; fifth periodic due 26/02/1991; sixth periodic due 26/02/1993; seventh periodic due 26/02/1995; eighth periodic due 26/02/1997; ninth periodic report due 26/02/1999; decision of committee 26/02/2001; eleventh periodic due 26/02/2003  CRC - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 31/03/1995; second periodic due 31/03/2000  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - accession 08/10/1982  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - succession 14/02/1990  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 16/06/1993  Status of reporting  CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (5): initial due 07/11/83; second periodic due 07/11/87; third periodic due 07/11/91; fourth periodic due 07/11/95; fifth periodic due 07/11/99  Other treaty bodies  CERD - reports submitted (1): review of implementation 10/03/1998; reports overdue (7): initial due 16/03/1991; second periodic due 16/03/1993; third periodic due 16/03/1995; fourth periodic due 16/03/1997; fifth periodic due 16/03/1999; sixth periodic due 16/03/2001; seventh periodic due 16/03/2003  CRC - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 15/07/1995; second periodic due 15/07/2000  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - accession 05/05/1992  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - signature only 22/07/2002  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 05/05/1992  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 05/05/1992  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 05/05/1992  CCPR-OP2 - DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 15/12/1994  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 07/03/1978  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 05/05/1992  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - accession 07/09/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 23/01/2001  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 23/01/2001  MWC - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - accession 15/12/1994  Status of reporting CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (3): initial due 04/06/93; second periodic due 04/06/97; third periodic due 04/06/2001  Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (3): initial due 03/06/1993; second periodic due 03/06/1997; third periodic due 03/06/2001  CCPR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 04/08/1993; second periodic due 04/08/1998  CERD - reports submitted (5): initial 30/04/1979; second periodic 22/04/1981; third periodic 06/12/1983; fourth and fifth periodic 24/07/1986; review of implementation 21/03/1997; reports overdue (8): sixth periodic due 06/04/1989; seventh periodic due 06/04/1991; eighth periodic due 06/04/1993; ninth periodic due 06/04/1995; tenth periodic due 06/04/1997; eleventh periodic due 06/04/1999; twelfth periodic due 06/04/2001; thirteenth periodic due 06/04/2003  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 30/06/1994; second periodic due 30/06/1999  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 07/02/2001; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 06/10/1997; third periodic due 06/10/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 11/11/1988  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - signature only 08/09/2000  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 25/04/2001  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 23/08/1996  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 23/08/1996  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 02/08/1967  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 23/08/1996  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 18/06/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - ratification 15/05/2002  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - ratification 17/09/2001  MWC - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - signature only 15/09/2000  Status of reporting  CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (4): initial due 11/12/89; second periodic due 11/12/93; third periodic due 11/12/97; fourth periodic due 11/12/2001  Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (1): initial due 25/05/2002  CCPR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 22/11/1997; second periodic due 22/11/2002  CERD - reports submitted (6): initial 09/08/1971; second and third periodic 09/07/1973; supplementary report 31/03/1975; review of implementation 08/08/1991; review of implementation 10/08/1995; review of implementation 22/03/2001; reports overdue (14): fourth periodic due 04/01/1976; fifth periodic due 04/01/1978; sixth periodic due 04/01/1980; seventh periodic due 04/01/1982; eighth periodic due 04/01/1984; ninth periodic due 04/01/1986; tenth periodic due 04/01/1988; eleventh periodic due 04/01/1990; twelfth periodic due 04/01/1992; thirteenth periodic due 04/01/1994; fourteenth periodic due 04/01/1996; fifteenth  periodic due 04/01/1998; sixteenth periodic due 04/01/2000; seventeenth periodic due 04/01/2002  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (1): initial due 30/06/1998  CRC - reports submitted (1): 10/04/1996; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 01/09/1997; third periodic due 01/09/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - accession 26/10/1993  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - signature only 07/09/2000  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 11/01/1995  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 04/01/1999  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 04/01/1999  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 11/01/1995  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 04/01/1999  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - accession 26/10/1993  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - accession 05/08/2002  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - accession 05/08/2002  MWC - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - ratification 08/01/2002  Status of reporting CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (3): initial due 25/10/94; second periodic due 25/10/98; third periodic due 25/10/2002  Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 09/02/1996; 09/02/2000  CCPR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (1): initial due 03/04/2000  CERD - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (4): initial due 10/02/1996; second periodic due 10/02/1998; third periodic due 03/04/2000; fourth periodic due 10/02/2002  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (1): initial due 30/06/2001  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 14/04/1998; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 24/11/2000  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - succession 18/01/1994  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - signature only 03/04/2000  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - succession 12/12/1994  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - succession 18/01/1994  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 12/12/1994  CCPR-OP2 - DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 26/01/1995  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - succession 18/01/1994  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 04/01/1999  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - accession 02/12/1993  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 17/07/2001  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 17/07/2001  Status of reporting  CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (3): initial due 17/02/95; second periodic due 17/02/99; third periodic due 17/02/2003  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted (1): initial 27/05/1998; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 11/12/1999  CCPR - reports submitted (1): initial 20/03/1998; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 01/06/2000  CERD - reports submitted (2): decision of committee 10/03/1995; initial, second and third periodic 25/08/1997; reports overdue (3): fourth periodic due 17/09/1998; fifth periodic due 17/09/2000; sixth periodic due 17/09/2002  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 30/06/1993; second periodic due 30/06/1998  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 04/03/1997; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 16/09/1998  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - accession 26/09/1983  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 18/11/1987  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 24/05/1984  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 30/03/1988  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 01/09/1972  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 24/05/1984  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 01/08/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 15/11/2001  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 15/11/2001  MWC - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - signature only 15/11/2001  Status of reporting CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (5): initial due 26/10/84; second periodic due 26/10/88; third periodic due 26/10/92; fourth periodic due 26/10/96; fifth periodic due 26/10/2000  Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: None; reports overdue (4): initial due 17/12/1988; second periodic due 17/12/1992; third periodic due 17/12/1996; fourth periodic due 17/12/2000  CCPR - reports submitted (3): initial 22/09/1988; second periodic 29/12/1993; third periodic 19/04/2001; reports overdue: none  CERD - reports submitted (3): initial, second, third, fourth and fifth periodic report 21/03/1983; review of implementation 12/08/1991; review of implementation 08/03/2001; reports overdue (10): sixth periodic due 01/10/1983; seventh periodic due 01/10/1985; eighth periodic due 01/10/1987; ninth periodic due 01/10/1989; tenth periodic due 01/10/1991; eleventh periodic due 01/10/1993; twelfth periodic due 01/10/1995; thirteenth periodic due 01/10/1997; fourteenth periodic due 01/10/1999; fifteenth periodic due 01/10/2001  CESCR - reports submitted (1): review of implementation 04/05/2001; reports overdue (3): initial due 30/06/1990; second periodic report due 30/06/1995; third periodic due 30/06/2000  CRC - reports submitted (2): initial 27/02/1995; second periodic 06/01/2003; reports overdue (1): third periodic due 01/09/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - accession 08/09/1995  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20 (1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 07/07/1993  Status of reporting CEDAW - never reported  reports overdue (2): initial due 08/10/96; second periodic due 08/10/2000  Other treaty bodies  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 27/01/1997; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 05/08/2000  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 28/07/1983  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - 04/06/1998  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 08/08/1989  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 13/08/1980  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 25/09/1991  CCPR-OP2 - DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 02/10/1990  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 30/09/1975  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ratification 10/12/1975  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 17/12/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 21/10/2002  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 18/12/2001  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (3): initial 03/10/1986; second periodic 24/07/1992; third periodic 01/03/1995; reports overdue (2): fourth periodic due 27/08/1996; fifth periodic due 27/08/2000  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted (2): initial 27/08/1991; second periodic 19/10/1999; reports overdue: none  CCPR - reports submitted (4): initial 11/11/1981; second periodic 14/15/1987; third periodic 28/08/1998; fourth periodic 28/08/1998; reports overdue: none  CERD - reports submitted (11): initial 04/11/1976; second periodic 09/04/1979; third periodic 13/07/1981; fourth periodic 30/03/1983; fifth periodic 05/07/1985; sixth, seventh and eighth periodic 01/06/1989; ninth periodic 14/09/1993; decision  of committee 11/08/1998; tenth, eleventh and twelfth periodic 20/07/1999; decision of committee 16/08/1999; reports overdue (2): thirteenth periodic due 30/11/2000; fourteenth periodic due 30/11/2002  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 08/01/1996; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 15/01/2003  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 31/08/1981  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - signature only 26/03/1973  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 01/08/1990  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (1): initial, second and third periodic 02/01/2003; reports overdue: (3): fourth periodic due 30/09/1994; fifth periodic due 30/09/1998; sixth periodic due 30/09/2002  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 20/04/1999; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 01/09/1997; third periodic due 01/09/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 08/06/1990  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - ratification 27/09/2000  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 12/04/1999  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 12/08/1982  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 12/08/1982  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 22/09/1970  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 12/08/1982  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 26/06/1990  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 10/11/2001  MWC - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - accession 16/10/2000  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (1): initial 08/07/1991; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 08/07/1995; third periodic due 08/07/1999  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted (1): initial 16/05/2000; reports overdue: none  CCPR - reports submitted (2): initial 26/10/1988; second periodic 20/03/1996; reports overdue (1): third periodic due 31/12/1999  CERD - reports submitted (7): initial 30/07/1971; second periodic 12/12/1974; third periodic 05/12/1975; fourth periodic 24/08/1977; fifth, sixth and seventh periodic 27/06/1983; eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth periodic 27/04/1995; fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth periodic 18/02/2002; reports overdue: none  CESCR - reports submitted (1): initial 15/07/1999; reports overdue: none  CRC - reports submitted (3): initial 14/09/1992; second periodic 12/08/1997; third periodic 13/11/2002; reports overdue: none  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 08/02/1982  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - signature only 06/06/2000  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 16/12/1986  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 21/09/1970  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 26/03/1992  CCPR-OP2 - DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 10/08/1999  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 08/08/1966  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ratification 21/09/1970  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 03/06/1991  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - ratification 12/02/2002  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - ratification 12/02/2002  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (2): initial 13/06/1983; second periodic 06/09/1994; reports overdue (2): third periodic due 10/03/1995; fourth periodic due 10/03/1999  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted (3): initial 12/09/1991; second periodic 26/06/1998; third and fourth periodic 07/10/2002; reports overdue: none  CCPR - reports submitted (2): initial 27/06/1978; second periodic 25/01/1993; reports overdue (2): third periodic due 31/12/1994; fourth periodic due 31/12/1999  CERD - reports submitted (9): initial 21/01/1970; second periodic 12/02/1972; third periodic 18/07/1974; fourth periodic 08/03/1976; fifth periodic 26/04/1978; sixth periodic 17/11/1980; seventh and eighth periodic 15/08/1984; ninth, tenth and eleventh periodic 04/03/1991; twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth periodic 26/06/1996; reports overdue fifteenth periodic due 04/01/1998; sixteenth periodic due 04/01/2000; seventeenth periodic due 04/01/2002  CESCR - reports submitted (6): initial 15/11/1978; initial 01/02/1982; initial 13/01/1983; second periodic 11/04/1984; second periodic 23/02/1987; third periodic 19/09/1996; reports overdue (1): fourth periodic due 30/06/1999  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 29/09/1995; reports overdue (1): second periodic 02/07/1998  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 08/01/1992  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - signature only 16/11/2001  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 18/02/1993  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 09/05/1990  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 27/10/1977  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 09/05/1990  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 19/10/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 13/11/2001  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (1): initial 01/06/2000; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 07/02/1997; third periodic due 07/02/2001  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (3): initial due 19/03/1994; second periodic due 19/03/1998; third periodic due 19/03/2002  CCPR - reports submitted (3): initial 04/11/1991; decision by committee 29/10/1993; special report 12/07/1994; reports overdue (2): 08/08/1996; 08/08/2001  CERD - reports submitted (9): initial 19/10/1979; second periodic 31/12/1980; third, fourth and fifth periodic 18/08/1987; sixth periodic 16/08/1989; review of implementation 09/03/1994; decision by committee 16/03/1995; decision by committee 16/08/1995; decision by committee 07/08/1996; seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth report 01/04/1997; reports overdue (3): eleventh periodic due 26/11/1998; twelfth periodic due 26/11/2000; thirteenth periodic due 26/11/2002  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (3): initial due 30/06/1992; second periodic due 30/06/1997; third periodic due 30/06/2002  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 19/03/1998; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 17/11/1997; third periodic due 17/11/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) succession 09/09/1992  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - ratification 07/03/2001  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - succession 12/10/1992  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - succession 12/10/1992  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 12/10/1995  CCPR-OP2 - DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 12/10/1995  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - succession 12/10/1992  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - succession 12/10/1992  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - succession 12/10/1992  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - ratification 13/05/2002  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - ratification 13/05/2002  Status of reporting  CEDAW - reports submitted (2): special report 06/12/1994; initial 10/01/1995; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 09/10/1997; third periodic due 09/10/2001  Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted (3): initial 04/01/1996; second periodic 02/03/1998; third periodic 03/12/01; reports overdue (1): fourth periodic due 07/10/2000  CCPR - reports submitted (2): initial 19/11/1999; special report 30/10/1992; reports overdue: none  CERD - reports submitted (2): initial, second and third periodic 14/02/1998; fourth and fifth periodic 21/12/2000  CESCR - reports submitted (1): initial 04/07/2000; reports overdue: none  CRC - reports submitted (2): initial 08/11/1994; second periodic 30/10/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) accession 23/07/1985  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - ratification 26/04/2002  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - 30/07/2002  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 18/07/1991  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 02/04/1969  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 15/04/1992  CCPR-OP2 - DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 10/09/1999  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 21/04/1967  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ratification 02/04/1969  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 07/02/1991  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - ratification signature only 08/02/2001  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (2): initial 02/02/1994; second periodic 02/02/1994; reports overdue (3): third periodic due 22/08/1994; fourth periodic due 22/08/1998; fifth periodic due 22/08/2002  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT- reports submitted (3): initial 23/06/1993; second periodic due 12/09/1996; third periodic 29/06/2001; reports overdue: none  CCPR - reports submitted (3): initial 23/03/1977; second periodic 19/07/1993; third periodic 28/12/1994; reports overdue (1): fourth periodic due 01/06/2002  CERD - reports submitted (15): initial 29/04/1970; second periodic 19/12/1972; third periodic 14/06/1974; fourth periodic 13/01/1976; decision by committee 08/08/1977; fifth periodic 16/01/1978; sixth periodic 17/12/1979; seventh periodic 21/05/1982; eighth periodic 02/07/1984; ninth and tenth periodic 21/07/1987; eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth periodic 18/04/1994; decision by committee 22/08/1996; fourteenth periodic 07/08/1997; fifteenth and sixteenth periodic 07/11/2000; decision by committee 10/08/2001; reports overdue (1): seventeenth periodic due 04/01/2002  CESCR - reports submitted (6): initial 25/08/1978; initial 24/09/1979; initial 15/02/1983; second periodic 04/01/1984; second periodic 30/01/1989; third periodic 30/04/1996; reports overdue (1): fourth periodic due 30/06/1999  CRC - reports submitted (2): initial 22/12/1994; second periodic 15/09/2000; reports overdue (1): third periodic due 08/03/2003  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) accession 23/10/1984  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 08/10/2002  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 25/09/1987  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 25/09/1987  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 08/10/2002  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 25/09/1987  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - accession 15/06/1992  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - accession 07/02/2003  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (3) initial 16/03/1987; second periodic 06/01/1994; third periodic 06/01/1994; reports overdue (2): fourth periodic due 22/11/1997; fifth periodic due 22/11/2001  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CCPR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (3): initial due 24/12/1988; second periodic due 24/12/1993; third periodic due 24/12/1998  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (3): initial due 30/06/1990; second periodic due 30/06/1995; third periodic due 30/06/2000  CRC - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 14/07/1994; second periodic due 14/07/1999  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 21/01/1983  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 08/09/2000  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 21/01/1983  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 29/02/1980  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 21/01/1983  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 09/02/1994  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 08/09/2000  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 08/09/2000  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (1): initial 19/06/1987; reports overdue (4): second periodic due 20/02/1988; third periodic due 20/02/1992; fourth periodic due 20/02/1996; fifth periodic due 20/02/2000  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CCPR - reports submitted (2): 16/11/1995; second periodic 06/02/1998; reports overdue: none  CERD - reports submitted (2): initial 17/04/1981; review of implementation 12/08/1991; second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth periodic 04/02/1997; reports overdue (3): tenth periodic due 30/03/1999; eleventh periodic due 30/03/2001; twelfth periodic due 30/03/2003  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (3): initial due 30/06/1990; second periodic due 30/06/1995; third periodic due 30/06/2000  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 21/06/2000; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 10/03/2001  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 02/01/1986  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - signature only 24/02/2000  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 07/09/2000  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 07/09/2000  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 07/09/2000  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 08/09/1966  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ratification 07/09/2000  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 05/02/1990  MWC - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - ratification 07/09/2000  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (2): initial 29/01/1991; second periodic 29/01/1991; reports overdue (3): third periodic due 01/02/1995; fourth periodic due 01/02/1999; fifth periodic due 01/02/2003  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (1): initial due 08/12/2001  CCPR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (1): initial 08/02/2001  CERD - reports submitted (10): initial 27/04/1970; second and third periodic 18/03/1974; third periodic 18/03/1974; fourth and fifth periodic 20/03/1978; sixth and seventh periodic 08/07/1982; eighth periodic 16/05/1985; ninth periodic 17/07/1986; tenth and eleventh periodic 12/06/1991; twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth periodic 22/06/1998; sixteenth and seventeenth periodic 05/06/2002; reports overdue: none  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 20/11/95; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 01/09/1997; third periodic due 01/09/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 09/08/1982  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 10/10/1989  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 24/01/1978  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 17/06/1993  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 14/03/1977  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ratification 24/01/1978  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 14/01/1991  MWC - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - ratification 07/09/2000  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (1): initial 04/08/2000; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 08/09/1995; third periodic due 08/09/1999  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (4): initial due 08/11/1990; second periodic due 08/11/1994; third periodic due 08/11/1998; fourth periodic due 08/11/2002  CCPR - reports submitted (2): initial 12/10/1987; second periodic due 30/04/1991; reports overdue (2): third periodic due 30/09/1994; fourth periodic due 30/09/1999  CERD - reports submitted (2): initial 25/08/1977; second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh periodic 29/09/1998; reports overdue (2): twelfth periodic due 13/04/2000; thirteenth periodic due 13/04/2002  CESCR - reports submitted (1): review of implementation 10/05/1996; reports overdue (3): initial due 30/06/1990; second periodic due 30/06/1995; third periodic due 30/06/2000  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 20/11/1996; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 01/09/1997; third periodic due 01/09/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 17/07/1980  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 19/05/1988  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 15/02/1977  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 10/05/1993  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 15/02/1977  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ratification 15/02/1977  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 14/01/1991  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (2): initial 23/01/1990; second periodic 20/09/1999; reports overdue (3): third periodic due 03/09/1990; fourth periodic due 03/09/1994; fifth periodic due 03/09/1998  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (4): initial due 17/06/1989; second periodic due 17/06/1993; third periodic due 17/06/1997; fourth periodic due 17/06/2001  CCPR - reports submitted (2): initial 20/03/1981; second periodic 01/02/1999; reports overdue (1): third periodic due 31/03/2003  CERD - reports submitted (1): review of implementation 21/08/1997; reports overdue (14): initial due 17/03/1978; second periodic due 17/03/1980; third periodic due 17/03/1982; fourth periodic due 17/03/1984; fifth periodic due 17/03/1986; sixth periodic due 17/03/1988; seventh periodic due 17/03/1990; eighth periodic due 17/03/1992; ninth periodic due 17/03/1994; tenth periodic due 17/03/1996; eleventh periodic due 17/03/98; twelfth periodic due 17/03/2000; thirteenth periodic due 17/03/2002; decision of committee due 17/03/2002  CESCR - reports submitted (2): initial 31/08/1981; initial 28/06/1995; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 30/06/2000  CRC - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (3): initial due 12/02/1993; second periodic due 12/02/1998; third periodic due 12/02/2003  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 03/03/1983  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 05/12/1996  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 25/08/1997  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - signature only 19/12/1966  CCPR-OP2 - DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - signature only 10/05/1990  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 10/10/2002  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ratification 17/02/1981  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 10/08/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - accession 14/08/2002  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - accession 08/05/2002  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (3): initial 03/12/1986; second periodic 28/10/1987; third periodic 31/05/1991; reports overdue (2): fourth periodic due 02/04/1996; fifth periodic due 02/04/2000  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 03/01/1998; second periodic due 03/01/2002  CCPR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (1): initial due 24/11/1998  CESCR - reports submitted (1): initial 02/04/1998  CRC - reports submitted (2): initial 11/05/1993; second periodic 18/09/1997; reports overdue (1): 08/09/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 13/09/1984  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - signature only 28/02/2000  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 28/10/1998  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 25/06/1999  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 05/09/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 24/09/2001  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 24/09/2001  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (3): initial 17/03/1986; second periodic 06/02/1997; third periodic 06/02/1997; reports overdue (2): fourth periodic due 13/10/1997; fifth periodic due 13/10/2001  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted (1): 07/02/01; reports overdue: none  CERD - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 25/07/2000; second periodic due 25/07/2002  CRC - reports submitted (2): initial 17/11/1992; second periodic 05/02/2002; reports overdue (1): third periodic due 04/10/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 17/03/1989  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - signature only 07/09/2000  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - 19/07/1996  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - signature only 01/10/2001  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 21/01/1971  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 21/06/1971  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 07/02/1969  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ratification 22/09/1971  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 19/03/1991  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 07/09/2000  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 07/09/2000  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (1): initial 08/11/1993; reports overdue (3): second periodic due 16/04/1994; third periodic due 16/04/1998; fourth periodic due 16/04/2002  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CCPR - reports submitted (2): initial 16/07/1977; second periodic 13/07/1990; reports overdue (3): third periodic due 31/07/1992; fourth periodic due 03/08/1993; fifth periodic due 03/08/1998  CERD - reports submitted (11): initial 17/04/1970; second periodic 24/07/1972; third periodic 14/12/1973; fourth periodic 25/03/1976; fifth periodic 09/01/1978; sixth periodic 20/06/1980; seventh periodic 08/09/1982; eighth periodic 14/06/1984; ninth periodic 02/10/1986; review of implementation 10/08/1995; review of implementation 11/03/1996; reports overdue (7): tenth periodic due 09/03/1990; eleventh periodic due 09/03/1992; twelfth periodic due 09/03/1994; thirteenth periodic due 09/03/1996; fourteenth periodic due 09/03/1998; fifteenth periodic due 09/03/2000; sixteenth periodic due 09/03/2002  CESCR - reports submitted (3): initial 12/11/1980; second periodic 12/07/1984; initial 31/05/1985; reports overdue (3): third periodic due 30/06/1990; fourth periodic due 30/06/1995; fifth periodic due 30/06/2000  CRC - reports submitted (2): initial 20/07/1993; second periodic 02/02/2001; reports overdue (1): third periodic due 17/04/2003  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) accession 12/03/1987  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - signature only 07/09/2000  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 11/06/1996  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 22/12/1993  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 11/06/1996  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 11/06/1996  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 22/12/1993  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - accession 02/01/1991  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 07/09/2000  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 07/09/2000  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (1): initial 15/07/1988; reports overdue (3): second periodic due 11/04/1992; third periodic due 11/04/1996; fourth periodic due 11/04/2000  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 10/07/1998; second periodic due 10/07/2002  CCPR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 21/03/1995; second periodic due 21/03/2000;  CERD - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (3): initial due 11/07/1997; second periodic due 11/07/1999; third periodic due 11/07/2001  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 30/06/1996; second periodic due 30/06/2001  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 01/08/2000; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 31/01/1998; third periodic due 31/01/2003  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 10/09/1985  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - accession 05/12/2000  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - 20/06/2002  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 26/02/1999  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 16/07/1974  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 24/10/2001  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 16/07/1974  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 16/07/1974  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 20/09/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - ratification 16/05/2002  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - accession 16/05/2002  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW -reports submitted (1): initial 13/11/86; reports overdue (4): second periodic due 10/10/1990; third periodic due 10/10/1994; fourth periodic due 10/10/1998; fifth periodic due 10/10/2002  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (1): initial due 27/03/2000  CCPR - reports submitted (2): initial 14/08/1979; second periodic 03/01/2003; reports overdue (3): third periodic due 11/04/1991; fourth periodic due 11/04/1996; fifth periodic due 11/04/2001  CERD - reports submitted (7): initial 30/12/1974; second and third periodic 03/07/1979; fourth periodic 14/02/1983; fifth and sixth periodic 09/04/1985; review of implementation 10/03/1994; review of implementation 07/08/2002; seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth periodic 20/02/2002  CESCR - reports submitted (1): review of implementation 30/11/1994; reports overdue (3): initial due 30/06/1990; second periodic due 30/06/1995; third periodic due 30/06/2000  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 02/04/1997; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 18/10/1997; third periodic due 18/10/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) accession 09/07/1984  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - signature only 11/11/2001  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - 29/10/2002  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 09/12/1992  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 12/12/1973  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 12/12/1973  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 30/05/1972  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 12/12/1973  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - accession 26/07/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 11/11/2001  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 11/11/2001  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (2): initial 23/02/1992; second periodic 23/01/1992; reports overdue (3): third periodic due 08/08/1993; fourth periodic due 08/08/1997; fifth periodic due 08/08/2001  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted (2): initial 01/03/1995; second periodic 08/06/1998; reports overdue (1): third periodic due 07/01/2002  CCPR - reports submitted (3): initial 24/01/1977; second periodic 24/10/1988; third periodic 02/06/1995; reports overdue (2): fourth periodic due 04/11/1993; fifth periodic due 04/11/1998  CERD - reports submitted (8): initial 24/07/1973; second periodic 21/07/1976; third periodic 10/05/1978; fourth and fifth periodic 27/08/1981; sixth periodic 29/07/1983; seventh periodic 05/02/1986; eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth periodic 27/11/1995; thirteenth and fourteenth periodic 22/03/1999; reports overdue (2): fifteenth periodic due 29/06/1999; sixteenth periodic due 29/06/2001  CESCR - reports submitted (2): initial 24/08/1994; review of implementation 17/05/1994; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 30/06/1995; third periodic due 30/06/2000  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 25/07/1995; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 01/09/1997; third periodic due 01/09/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) accession 23/11/1992  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - ratification 26/05/2000  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 28/11/1994  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 28/11/1994  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 28/11/1994  CCPR-OP2 - DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 28/11/1994  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 11/11/1982  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 28/11/1994  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 30/09/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - ratification 16/04/2002  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - ratification 16/04/2002  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (1): initial 04/11/1996; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 23/12/1997; third periodic due 23/12/2001  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted (1): initial 23/08/1996; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 27/12/1999  CCPR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 27/02/1996; second periodic due 27/02/2001  CERD - reports submitted (3): initial 09/12/1983; second and third periodic 03/12/1987; fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh periodic 02/11/1995; reports overdue (3): eighth periodic due 11/12/1997; ninth periodic due 11/12/1999; tenth periodic due 11/12/2001  CESCR - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 30/06/1997; second periodic due 30/06/2002  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 21/12/1992; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 29/10/1997; third periodic due 29/10/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 29/10/1981  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - ratification 09/05/2001  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - 05/11/1996  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 24/08/1987  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 08/03/1977  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 08/03/1977  CCPR-OP2 - DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 21/01/1993  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 16/08/1967  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ratification 08/03/1977  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 12/12/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - ratification 08/08/2001  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - ratification 09/02/2001  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (3): initial 12/12/1982; second periodic 17/01/1997; third periodic 17/01/1997; reports overdue (3): fourth periodic due 28/11/1994; fifth periodic due 28/11/1998; sixth periodic 28/11/2002  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted (3): initial 28/01/1991; second periodic 21/09/1992; third periodic 19/05/1994; reports overdue (1): fourth periodic due 27/09/2000  CCPR - reports submitted (2): initial 15/04/1984; second periodic 04/08/1988; reports overdue (3): third periodic due 31/03/1992; fourth periodic due 06/06/1993; fifth periodic due 06/06/1998  CERD - reports submitted (9): initial 28/01/1970; second periodic 25/04/1972; third periodic 08/08/1974; fourth periodic 03/11/1976; fifth periodic 05/07/1978; sixth and seventh periodic 13/08/1981; eighth and ninth periodic 17/04/1986; tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth periodic 01/03/1996; fifteenth periodic 13/02/1998; reports overdue (2): sixteenth periodic due 04/01/2000; seventeenth periodic due 04/01/2002  CESCR - reports submitted (7): initial 10/05/1980; initial 10/04/1987; supplementary information 24/01/1992; decision of committee 17/05/1994; decision of committee 06/12/1994; second periodic 19/07/1999; decision of committee 24/11/1995; reports overdue: none  CRC - reports submitted (2): initial 19/09/1995; second periodic 27/03/2002; reports overdue (1): third periodic due 10/01/2003  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) accession 06/04/1987  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - ratification 14/05/2001  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 12/03/1990  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 10/06/1992  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 10/01/1995  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - signature only 13/09/2000  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 10/06/1992  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 25/09/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - 27/09/2002  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 13/09/2000  MWC - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - signature only 13/09/2000  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (1): initial 04/06/1992; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 06/05/1996; third periodic due 06/05/2000  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted (3): initial 13/01/1993; second periodic 10/06/1996; third periodic 14/06/1999; reports overdue (1): fourth periodic due 10/04/2003  CCPR - reports submitted (1): initial 01/02/1994; reports overdue (1): 09/09/1998  CESCR - reports submitted (2): initial 18/11/1994; additional information 10/12/1998; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 30/06/1999  CRC - reports submitted (3): initial 30/08/1993; special report 13/11/1996; second periodic 12/10/1998; reports overdue (1): 24/10/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 30/07/1980  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 26/07/1989  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 18/03/1977  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 07/11/1991  CCPR-OP2 - DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - signature only 21/03/2000  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 05/12/1968  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ratification 18/03/1977  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 07/06/1991  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 13/02/2002  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 13/02/2002  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (3): initial 10/10/1985; second periodic 17/11/1988; third periodic 22/11/1990; reports overdue (3): fourth periodic due 03/09/1994; fifth periodic due 03/09/1998; sixth periodic due 3/09/2002  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted (3): initial 22/03/1993; second periodic 07/05/1996; third periodic 04/11/1998; reports overdue (1): fourth periodic due 24/08/2002  CCPR - reports submitted (4): initial 23/03/1979; second periodic 09/02/1987; third periodic 23/09/1991; fourth periodic 07/05/1996; reports overdue: none  CERD - reports submitted (12): initial 14/01/1970; second periodic 18/02/1972; third periodic 23/01/1974; fourth periodic 22/03/1976; fifth periodic 17/02/1978; sixth periodic 02/05/1980; seventh periodic 05/07/1982; eighth periodic 28/11/1984; ninth periodic 07/10/1986; tenth, eleventh and twelfth periodic 10/07/1992; thirteenth and fourteenth periodic 26/01/1997; fifteenth and sixteenth periodic 23/07/2001; reports overdue: none  CESCR - reports submitted (8): initial 26/10/1978; second periodic 10/01/1980; third periodic 27/08/1982; fourth periodic 12/12/1985; fifth periodic 07/10/1986;  sixth periodic 14/02/1990; seventh periodic 07/06/1996; eighth periodic 12/04/2001; reports overdue: none  CRC - reports submitted (2): initial 11/01/1994; second periodic 02/12/1999; reports overdue: none  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 02/03/1981  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 16/04/1975  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 16/04/1975  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 16/04/1975  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 24/01/1991  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - accession 23/04/2002  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - accession 14/03/2002  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (3): initial 24/05/1983; second periodic 07/03/1988; third periodic 18/01/1991; reports overdue (3): fourth periodic due 03/09/1994; fifth periodic due 03/09/1998; sixth periodic due 03/09/2002  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CCPR - reports submitted (4): initial 20/01/1981; second periodic 10/04/1987; decision of committee 29/07/1994; decision of committee 27/10/1994; reports overdue (3): third periodic due 31/01/1995; fourth periodic due 10/04/1997; fifth periodic due 10/04/2002  CERD - reports submitted (14): initial 16/03/1976; second periodic 02/07/1979; third periodic 29/10/1980; fourth periodic 05/05/1983; fifth periodic 08/03/1985; sixth periodic 15/07/86; seventh periodic 02/11/1988; decision of committee 16/03/1995; decision of committee 13/03/1996; review of implementation 20/03/1997; decision of committee 13/03/1998; decision of committee 19/08/1998; decision of committee 19/03/1999; eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth periodic 24/03/1999; reports overdue (2): thirteenth periodic due 16/05/2000; fourteenth periodic due 16/05/2002  CESCR - reports submitted (3): initial 03/10/83; initial 27/09/1985; initial and second 07/09/1987; reports overdue (3): second periodic due 30/06/1990; third periodic due 30/06/1995; fourth periodic due 30/06/2000  CRC - reports submitted (2): initial 30/09/1992; second periodic 27/06/2002; reports overdue (1): third periodic due 22/02/2003  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 04/08/1981  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - accession 01/08/2001  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 09/11/1981  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 09/11/1981  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 09/11/1981  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 09/11/1981  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 26/10/1993  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (1): initial 27/09/1991; reports overdue (3): second periodic due 03/09/1994; third periodic due 03/09/1998; fourth periodic due 03/09/2002  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (1): initial due 31/08/2002  CCPR - reports submitted (1): initial 05/09/1989; reports overdue (4): second periodic due 31/10/1991; third periodic due 08/02/1993; fourth periodic due 08/02/1998; fifth periodic due 08/02/2003  CERD - reports submitted (4): initial 11/03/1983; review of implementation 10/08/1992; review of implementation 14/03/2002; second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth periodic 23/09/2002; reports overdue (1): eleventh periodic due 09/12/2002  CESCR - reports submitted (1): review of implementation 28/11/1997; reports overdue (3): initial due 30/06/1990; second periodic due 30/06/1995; third periodic due 30/06/2000  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 05/12/2000; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 24/11/2000  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 05/02/1985  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - ratification 26/05/2000  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 21/08/1986  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 13/02/1978  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 13/02/1978  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 19/04/1972  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ratification 13/02/1978  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 31/07/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 08/09/2000  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 08/09/2000  MWC - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - accession 09/06/1999  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (2): initial 05/11/1986; second periodic 23/09/1991; reports overdue (3): third periodic due 07/03/1994; fourth periodic due 07/03/1998; fifth periodic due 07/03/2002  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted (2): initial 30/10/1989; second periodic 27/03/1995; reports overdue (2) third periodic due 25/06/1996; fourth periodic die 25/06/2000  CCPR - reports submitted (4): initial 08/08/1979; second periodic 09/06/1986; third periodic 12/04/1991; 19/09/1995; reports overdue (1): 04/04/2000  CERD - reports submitted (8): initial 23/04/1975; second periodic 12/07/1976; third periodic 11/07/1978; fourth periodic 26/06/1980; fifth, sixth and seventh periodic 12/09/1985; eighth periodic 18/05/1987; ninth and tenth periodic 11/12/1992; eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth periodic 21/05/2001; reports overdue (1): 19/05/2003  CESCR - reports submitted (4): initial 15/04/1981; initial 28/04/1982; initial 14/10/1992; second periodic 28/09/1999; reports overdue: none  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 12/09/1994; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 01/09/1997; third periodic due 01/09/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 09/10/1981  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - ratification 26/07/2001  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 24/10/1986  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 01/04/1970  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 01/04/1970  CCPR-OP2 - DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 21/01/1993  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 30/08/1968  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ratification 01/04/1970  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 20/11/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 07/09/2000  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - signature only 07/09/2000  MWC - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - accession 15/02/2001  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (3): initial 23/11/1984; second periodic 08/02/1998; third periodic 08/02/1999; reports overdue (3): fourth periodic due 08/11/1994; fifth periodic due 08/11/1998; sixth periodic due 08/11/2002  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted (2): initial 05/12/1991; second periodic 25/03/1996; reports overdue (2): third periodic due 25/06/1996; fourth periodic due 25/06/2000; CCPR - reports submitted (4): initial 29/01/1982; second periodic 28/07/1988; third periodic 26/03/1991; fourth periodic 19/12/1996; reports overdue (1): fifth periodic due 21/03/2003  CERD - reports submitted (9): initial 22/10/1971; second periodic 09/02/1972; third periodic 04/08/1975; fourth periodic 04/08/1976; fifth periodic 13/01/1978; sixth periodic 13/06/1980; seventh periodic 10/02/1982; eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh periodic 19/12/1990; twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth periodic 13/07/1998; reports overdue (2): sixteenth periodic due 04/01/2000; seventeenth periodic due 04/01/2002  CESCR - reports submitted (2): initial 23/05/1991; second periodic 25/03/1998; reports overdue (1): third periodic due 30/06/2000  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 02/08/1995; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 19/12/1997; third periodic due 19/12/2002  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) ratification 02/05/1983  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - ratification 13/05/2002  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CAT - Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - ratification 29/07/1991  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 10/05/1978  CCPR-OP1 - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 10/05/1978  CCPR-OP2 - DP - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ratification 22/02/1993  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - ratification 10/10/1967  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ratification 10/05/1978  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 13/09/1990  CRC-OP-AC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict - signature only 07/09/2000  CRC-OP-SC- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography - ratification 08/05/2002  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (3): initial 27/08/1984; second periodic 18/04/1989; third periodic 08/02/1995; reports overdue (2): fourth periodic due 01/06/1996; fifth periodic due 01/06/2000  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CAT - reports submitted (2): initial 08/07/1998; second periodic 01/09/2000; reports overdue: none  CCPR - reports submitted (3): initial 05/11/1979; second periodic 19/12/1991; third periodic 08/07/1998; reports overdue: none.  CERD - reports submitted (9): initial 21/04/1970; second periodic 04/01/1972; third periodic 15/07/1975; fourth periodic 30/03/1977; fifth and sixth periodic 27/11/1979; seventh periodic 19/08/1982; eighth periodic 31/01/1985; ninth periodic 25/09/1986; tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth periodic 18/03/1994; reports overdue (3): fourteenth periodic due 04/01/1996; fifteenth periodic due 04/01/1998; sixteenth periodic due 04/01/2000; seventeenth periodic due 04/01/2002  CESCR - reports submitted (4): initial 14/03/1983; initial 21/03/1985; initial 21/03/1985; second periodic 08/07/1998; reports overdue: none  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 09/07/1997; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 12/10/1997; 12/10/2002  zIMBABWE  Adherence to core international human rights treaties  (i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) accession 13/05/1991  CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action  Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  (ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party  CCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - accession 13/05/1991  CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - accession 13/05/1991  CESCR-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - accession 13/05/1991  CRC- Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 11/09/1990  Status of reporting  (i) CEDAW - reports submitted (1): initial 28/04/1996; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 12/06/1996; third periodic due 12/06/2000  (ii) Other treaty bodies  CCPR - reports submitted 91): initial 20/11/1996; reports overdue (1): second periodic due 01/06/2002  CERD - reports submitted (2): initial 29/03/1993; second, third and fourth periodic 26/10/1998; reports overdue fifth periodic due 12/06/2000; sixth periodic due 12/06/2002  CESCR - reports submitted (1): initial 30/06/1995; reports overdue (1): 30/06/1998  CRC - reports submitted (1): initial 23/05/1995; reports overdue (2): second periodic due 10/10/1997; third periodic due 10/10/2002  * The annex is being issued without formal editing and in the language of submission only.  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Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Collection, http://www.untreaty.un.org  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Collection, http://www.untreaty.un.org  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Collection, http://www.untreaty.un.org  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Collection, http://www.untreaty.un.org  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Collection, http://www.untreaty.un.org  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Collection, http://www.untreaty.un.org  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Collection, http://www.untreaty.un.org  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Collection, http://www.untreaty.un.org  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Collection, http://www.untreaty.un.org  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Collection, http://www.untreaty.un.org  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Collection, http://www.untreaty.un.org  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch  A report was received on 16 October 2002.  After reviewing the document the secretariat suggested to the State that prior to submitting it to the Committee for consideration, the report be updated in conformity with the Committee's revised reporting guidelines.  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Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Collection, http://www.untreaty.un.org  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Collection, http://www.untreaty.un.org  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; 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Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Collection, http://www.untreaty.un.org  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Collection, http://www.untreaty.un.org  Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database http://www.unhchr.ch  Scheduled for consideration by the Committee at its thirtieth session, to be held in New York, January 2004.  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Comité pour l'élimination de la discrimination à l'égard des femmes Vingt-neuvième session  30 juin-18 juillet 2003  Profils des États qui ne présentent pas de rapports  Introduction  À sa vingt-huitième session, en janvier 2003, le Comité pour l'élimination de la discrimination à l'égard des femmes a prié la Division de la promotion de la femme d'établir un document d'information sur le profil des États qui ne présentent pas de rapport qui auraient dû présenter leur rapport il y a cinq ans ou plus, selon un cadre de priorité (les États n'ayant pas soumis de rapports depuis longtemps précédant ceux qui n'en ont pas établis récemment, par exemple), afin de lui permettre d'analyser plus facilement les principales raisons pour lesquelles les États ne présentent pas de rapports1.  Les profils des pays ci-après ont été établis conformément à la demande ci-dessus.  On trouvera ci-après une liste des États parties dont les rapports initiaux auraient dû être présentés il y a plus de cinq ans : On trouvera ci-après une liste des États parties dont les rapports périodiques auraient dû être présentés il y a plus de cinq ans :  États parties dont les rapports initiaux auraient dû être présentés il y a plus de cinq ans  Il y a à présent, 29 États parties à la Convention dont les rapports initiaux auraient dû être présentés il y a plus de cinq ans.  Ils ont été divisés en trois groupes : les États dont les rapports auraient dû être présentés entre 1982 et 1989; ceux dont les rapports auraient dû être présentés entre 1990 et 1994; et ceux dont les rapports auraient dû être présentés entre 1995 et 1998.  Un seul État partie n'a jamais soumis de rapport en application des différents traités auxquels il est partie.  Groupe un, 1982-1989 :  Ce groupe compte les États parties d'Afrique (5) et des Caraïbes (3) ci-après : Cap-Vert, Dominique, Haïti, Guinée-Bissau, Libéria, Sainte-Lucie, Sierra Leone et Togo.  Les États de ce groupe ont le plus fréquemment présenté des rapports en application de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale et de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant, même si la plupart sont en retard dans la présentation de leurs rapports en application de ces instruments et d'autres traités auxquels ils sont parties.  Dans trois cas, le Comité pour l'élimination de la discrimination raciale a examiné l'application de la Convention sans avoir de rapport ou en l'absence de l'État partie ayant établi un rapport.  Pour être plus précis :  a) Le Cap-Vert n'a jamais présenté de rapport en application de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques ou du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, mais il en a présenté en application de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale et de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  b) La Dominique n'a pas présenté de rapport en application du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques ou du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, mais elle en a présenté en application de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  c) Haïti n'a pas établi de rapport en application du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques (un rapport spécial a été présenté), mais en a présenté en application de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale et de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  d) Le Libéria n'a pas présenté de rapport en application de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant ou de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale;  e) La Guinée-Bissau n'a pas présenté de rapport en application du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, mais en a présenté en application de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  f) Sainte-Lucie n'a pas présenté de rapport en application de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale, mais en a présenté en application de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  g) La Sierra Leone n'a pas présenté de rapport en application de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques ou du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, mais en a présenté en application de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant et de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale;  h) Le Togo n'a pas présenté de rapport en application de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants ou du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, mais en a présenté en application du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale et de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant.  Groupe deux, 1990-1994  Ce groupe compte les États parties d'Afrique (3), d'Asie (2), des Caraïbes (2) et d'Europe orientale (2) ci-après : Bahamas, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Cambodge, Côte d'Ivoire, Grenade, Lettonie, République centrafricaine, Seychelles et Tadjikistan.  Comme ceux du groupe précédent, ces États ont le plus souvent présenté des rapports en application de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant et de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale.  Outre qu'ils ne présentent pas de rapports en application de la Convention sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l'égard des femmes, ces États semblent le plus souvent ne pas présenter de rapport en application du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels.  Comme dans le groupe précédent, même si ces États parties ont présenté des rapports en application de divers traités, dans la plupart des cas, il leur reste encore de multiples rapports à présenter.  La Bosnie-Herzégovine semble être le seul État partie n'ayant présenté de rapport en application d'aucun autre traité auquel elle est partie.  Et en l'occurrence, le Comité des droits de l'homme et le Comité pour l'élimination de la discrimination raciale ont examiné la situation dans cet État partie sans avoir reçu de rapport selon les procédures pertinentes.  Pour être plus précis :  a) Les Bahamas n'ont pas présenté de rapport en application de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant mais en ont présenté en application de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale;  b) La Bosnie-Herzégovine n'a pas présenté de rapport en application de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale, du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturel, ou de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  c) Le Cambodge n'a pas présenté de rapport en application du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, mais en a présenté en application de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale et de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  d) La République centrafricaine n'a pas présenté de rapport en application du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, mais en a présenté en application du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale et de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  e) La Côte d'Ivoire n'a pas présenté de rapport en application de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques ou du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, mais en a présenté en application de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale et de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  f) La Grenade n'a pas présenté de rapport en application du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques ou du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, mais en a présenté en application de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  g) La Lettonie n'a pas présenté de rapport en application du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, mais en a présenté en application de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant, de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale, du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques et de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants;  h) Les Seychelles n'ont pas présenté de rapport en application de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques ou du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, mais en a présenté en application de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale et de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  i) Le Tadjikistan n'a pas présenté de rapport en application de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale ou du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, mais en a présenté en application de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant.  Groupe trois, 1995-1998  Ce groupe compte les 12 États parties d'Afrique (6), d'Asie et du Pacifique (5) et d'Europe orientale (1) ci-après : Botswana, Comores, Érythrée, ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine, Lesotho, Liban, Malaisie, Mozambique, Pakistan, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Tchad et Vanuatu.  Les États parties de ce groupe ont le plus souvent présenté des rapports en application de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant et de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale.  Dans presque tous les cas, s'ils ont présenté des rapports, de nouveaux rapports auraient déjà dû être présentés.  Plusieurs États ne sont parties qu'à un ou deux instruments, outre la Convention sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale à l'égard des femmes, et ils ont généralement présenté leur rapport initial et parfois aussi des rapports ultérieurs.  Pour être plus précis :  a) Le Botswana n'a pas présenté de rapport en application de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants ou du Pacte international sur les droits civils et politiques, mais en a présenté en application de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale et de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  b) Le Tchad n'a pas présenté de rapport en application de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques ou du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, mais en a présenté en application de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale et de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  c) Les Comores ont présenté des rapports en application de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  d) L'Érythrée n'a pas présenté de rapport en application de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale ou de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants;  e) Le Liban n'a pas présenté de rapport en application de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, mais en a présenté en application du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale, du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels et de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  f) Le Lesotho n'a pas présenté de rapport en application de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants ou du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, mais en a présenté en application du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale et de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  g) La Malaisie n'a pas présenté de rapport en application de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  h) Le Mozambique n'a pas présenté de rapport en application de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants ou du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, mais en a présenté en application de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale et de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  i) Le Pakistan a présenté des rapports en application de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale et de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  j) La Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée n'a pas présenté de rapport en application de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant mais en a présenté en application de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale;  k) L'ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine n'a pas présenté de rapports en application du Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, mais en a présenté en application de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, de la Convention internationale sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale et de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant;  l) Le Vanuatu a présenté un rapport en application de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant.  Si chaque État n'ayant pas présenté de rapport est un cas particulier, ces États, dont les rapports initiaux auraient dû être présentés il y a plus de cinq ans, partagent une ou plusieurs des caractéristiques ci-après.  Il s'agit souvent de petits États insulaires en développement, d'autres relèvent de la catégorie des pays les moins avancés.  Les États en situation de conflit ou d'après conflit ont, semble-t-il, des difficultés à s'acquitter des obligations qui leur incombent en matière de présentation de rapports.  Il y a également, parmi les États qui ne présentent pas de rapports, des pays en transition.  Il importe toutefois aussi de noter que certains de ces États ne soumettant pas de rapports ne présentent aucune de ces caractéristiques.  États parties dont les rapports périodiques auraient dû être présentés il y a plus de cinq ans  Les États qui ont présenté leurs rapports initiaux mais dont les rapports périodiques ultérieurs auraient dû être présentés il y a plus de cinq ans, peuvent être regroupés de la façon suivante :  États parties dont les deuxièmes rapports périodiques (et les rapports ultérieurs) auraient dû être présentés il y a plus de cinq ans  Dans cette première catégorie on compte six États, dont quatre d'Afrique, un d'Amérique latine et un d'Europe orientale.  Leur deuxièmes rapports périodiques auraient dû être présentés entre 1992 et 1997.  Cela signifie qu'ils ont tous plus d'un rapport en retard.  Ces États sont les suivants :  Bolivie (1995);  Burundi (1992);  Croatie (1997);  Madagascar (1994);  Namibie (1997);  Zimbabwe (1996).  L'année entre parenthèses est l'année où le deuxième rapport périodique aurait dû être présenté.  États dont les troisièmes et autres rapports périodiques ultérieurs auraient dû être présentés il y a plus de cinq ans  On compte aussi six États dans cette deuxième catégorie, dont trois d'Afrique, deux d'Amérique latine et un d'Europe.  Leurs troisièmes rapports périodiques auraient dû être présentés entre 1990 et 1996.  Cela signifie qu'ils ont au moins deux rapports en retard, quatre dans le cas du Guyana.  Ces États sont les suivants :  Chypre (1994);  Ghana (1995);  Guyana (1990);  Maurice (1993);  Paraguay (1996);  Sénégal (1994).  L'année entre parenthèses est l'année où le troisième rapport périodique aurait dû être présenté.  États dont les quatrièmes rapports périodiques (et les rapports ultérieurs) auraient dû être présentés il y a plus de cinq ans  On compte 13 États dans cette troisième catégorie : trois États d'Afrique, cinq États d'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes, trois États de l'Asie et du Pacifique et deux États d'Europe orientale.  Ces rapports auraient dû être présentés entre 1994 et 1997.  Six de ces États auraient dû présenter leurs quatrièmes rapports périodiques en 1994, ce qui signifie qu'ils ont tous trois rapports en retard.  Le Bhoutan a présenté un rapport regroupant son rapport initial et ses deuxième et troisième rapports périodiques (CEDAW/C/BTN/1-3) dont l'examen devrait en principe avoir lieu en janvier 2004, mais ses quatrième, cinquième et sixième rapports périodiques sont également en retard.  La Guinée équatoriale a présenté ses deuxième et troisième rapports périodiques (CEDAW/C/GNQ/2-3), mais il n'a pas encore été possible d'arrêter la date de l'examen de ces rapports et les quatrième et cinquième rapports périodiques auraient déjà dû être soumis.  Les États de ce groupe sont énumérés ci-après :  Australie (1996);  Bhoutan (1994);  Bulgarie (1995);  Guinée (1995)  Guinée équatoriale (1997);  Honduras (1996);  Indonésie (1997);  Panama (1994);  Pologne (1994);  Rwanda (1994);  Saint-Vincent-et-les Grenadines (1994);  Uruguay (1994);  Venezuela (1996).  L'année entre parenthèses est l'année où le quatrième rapport périodique aurait dû être présenté.  L'annexe au présent document d'information contient les profils des États qui n'ont pas présenté de rapport.  Elle est divisée en deux parties : la première porte sur les États parties dont les rapports initiaux auraient dû être présentés il y a au moins cinq ans et la deuxième sur les États parties qui ont présenté un ou plusieurs rapports, mais dont les derniers rapports ont maintenant plus de cinq ans de retard.  Notes  1 Voir A/58/38 (Part I), par. 450.  Annexe*  Part I  State Parties whose initial reports are more than five years overdue  Bahamas  Adherence to core international human rights treaties1  i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) accession 08/10/93 Reservations to articles: 2, 9, 16, 29 CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - 17/01/2003  ii) Other International Human Rights Treaties to which the state is party CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - succession 05/08/75 CRC-Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 20/02/1991  Status of reporting2  i) CEDAW- never reported reports overdue: 3, (initial - 05/11/94; second periodic - 05/11/98; third periodic - 05/11/2002)  ii) Other treaty bodies CERD - reports submitted: initial 17/05/77; second periodic 08/01/79; third and fourth periodic 25/08/82; Review of implementation 13/08/91; Review of implementation 10/03/97 reports overdue (10) : fifth periodic due 04/09/1984; sixth periodic due 04/09/86; seventh periodic due 04/09/88; eighth periodic due 04/09/1990; ninth periodic due 04/06/1992; tenth periodic due 04/09/1994; eleventh periodic due 04/09/1996; twelfth periodic due 04/06/1998; thirteenth periodic due 04/06/2000; fourteenth periodic due 04/09/2002.  CRC - reports submitted: none  * L'annexe n'a pas été revue par les services d'édition et paraît dans la langue de l'original seulement.  1 Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Collection, http://www.untreaty.un.org  2 Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Treaty Body Database, http://www.unhchr.ch  Saint Lucia  Adherence to core international human rights treaties1  i) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) - accession 08/10/82 CEDAW-OP - Optional Protocol to CEDAW - no action Acceptance of amendment to article 20(1) - no action  ii) Other international human rights treaties to which the state is party CERD-International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - succession 14/02/1990 CRC-Convention on the Rights of the Child - ratification 16/06/1993  Status of reporting2  i) CEDAW- never reported reports overdue (5): initial due 07/11/83; second periodic due 07/11/87; third periodic due 07/11/91; fourth periodic due 07/11/95; fifth periodic due 07/11/99  ii) Other treaty bodies CERD - reports submitted (1): review of implementation 10/03/1998; reports overdue (7): initial due 16/03/1991; second periodic due 16/03/93; third periodic due 16/03/1995; fourth periodic due 16/03/1997; fifth periodic due 16/03/1999; sixth periodic due 16/03/2001; seventh periodic due 16/03/2003 CRC - reports submitted: none; reports overdue (2): initial due 15/07/1995; second periodic due 15/07/2000  1 Sources: Division for the Advancement of Women CEDAW database http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/; Status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Collection, http://www.untreaty.un.org