وتمثل هذه الدول مناطق شتى من العالم ذات نظم سياسية واجتماعية وقانونية مختلفة، وتقاريرها تصور معظم المشاكل التي قد تنشأ عند تنفيذ العهد، بالرغم من أنها لا تقدم أساسا كاملا لإجراء استعراض للحالة على نطاق العالم فيما يتعلق بالحقوق المدنية والسياسية.
However, in the case of a few States which had apparently derogated from Covenant rights, it was unclear not only whether a state of emergency had been officially declared but also whether rights from which the Covenant allows no derogation had in fact not been derogated from and further whether the other States parties had been informed of the derogations and of the reasons for the derogations.