Women’s rights: UN Committee to review Malaysia, Chile, Republic of Korea, Fiji, Saudi Arabia, Suriname, Luxembourg, and Marshall Islands
GENEVA (15 February 2018) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is meeting in Geneva from 19 February to 9 March 2018 to review women’s rights in the following countries: Malaysia, Chile, Republic of Korea, Fiji, Saudi Arabia, Suriname, Luxembourg, and Marshall Islands.
The above countries have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and are reviewed regularly by CEDAW on how they are implementing the Convention. The Committee, which is composed of 23 international independent experts on women’s rights, will hold dialogues with delegations from the respective governments and will also be briefed by NGOs and national human rights institutions.
The Committee’s dialogues with the delegations will take place from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 18:00 at the Palais des Nations in Room XVI on the following dates: Malaysia (20 February), Chile (21 February), Republic of Korea (22 February), Fiji (23 February), Saudi Arabia (27 February), Suriname (28 February), Luxembourg (1 March), Marshall Islands (2 March).
CEDAW’s findings, officially termed concluding observations, on the countries reviewed, will be published on Monday, 12 March 2018, here.
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Background
CEDAW members are independent human rights experts drawn from around the world, who serve in their personal capacity and not as representatives of States parties. The Committee’s concluding observations are an independent assessment of States’ compliance with their human rights obligations under the treaty. For more information, please see here.
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