Dear friends and fellow activists,
we are glad to share with you the latest issue of our UN Treaty Bodies quarterly reports, covering the period from January to April 2021.
These reports provide with main information on SOGIESC references made by UN Committees in their Lists of Issues and Concluding Observations under countries' periodic review process, as well as on the General Comments and Individual Complaints that were adopted.
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The complete list of our reports on Treaty Bodies sessions is available here.
Download the latest quarterly Treaty Bodies report
January - April 2021
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SOGIESC-inclusive Concluding Observations |
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SOGIESC-inclusive Lists of Issues |
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Þ Check LGBTI recommendations to your country Þ Organize follow-up activities to inform your community about recommendations and to encourage your government to implement the recommendations |
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Þ See what information was requested from your country before the formulation of recommendations Þ Collect information and provide your comments to inform Treaty Bodies’ future recommendations |
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Finland |
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
Germany |
Country-specific questions and recommendations
This section contains information about recommendations in Concluding Observations, as well as questions in Lists of Issues to specific countries under country periodic review process. [Bold] = SOGIESC-inclusive questions or recommendation
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Committee Session / PSWG |
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HRCtee 131 Session: 01 Mar–26 Mar 2021
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List of Issues:
Concluding Observations: |
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Fiji, Grenada, Iceland, Malawi, Nepal, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, United Republic of Tanzania
Finland, Kenya |
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CESCR 68 PSWG: 08 Mar- 12 Mar 2021
69 Virtual Session: 15 Feb-05 Mar 2021 |
List of Issues:
Concluding Observations: |
Brazil, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong (SAR China), Macau (SAR China), Lithuania, Panama, Portugal
Finland, Latvia |
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CEDAW 80 Virtual PSWG: 01 Mar – 05 Mar 2021
78 Virtual Session: 15 Feb-25 Feb 2021 |
Lists of Issues:
Concluding Observations: |
China, Hong Kong (SAR China), Macau (SAR China), Hungary, Mauritania, Namibia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Bhutan, Chile, Italy
Denmark |
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CRC 88 PSWG: 08 Feb – 12 Feb 2021 |
Lists of Issues: |
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Germany, North Macedonia, South Sudan, Uzbekistan, South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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CRPD 24 Virtual Session: 08 Mar-01 Apr 2021 |
Concluding Observations: |
Estonia |
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PSWG – Pre-Sessional Working Group | HRCtee – Human Rights Committee | CESCR – Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights| CEDAW – Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women | CRC – Committee on the Rights of the Child |CRPD – Committee of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
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General comments
This section contains information about General Comments (General Recommendations) adopted by Treaty Bodies. These documents provide the Committees’ interpretation of the content of human rights provisions regarding thematic issues or methods of work.
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General Recommendation |
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CRC on children's rights in relation to digital environment.
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Two references to SOGI: ● The Committee calls upon States parties to take proactive measures to prevent discrimination on the basis of sex, disability, socioeconomic background, ethnic or national origin, language or any other grounds, and discrimination against minority and indigenous children, asylum-seeking, refugee and migrant children, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex children […] (para. 11). ● The digital environment can enable children to form their social, religious, cultural, ethnic, sexual and political identities and to participate in associated communities and in public spaces for deliberation, cultural exchange, social cohesion and diversity […] (para. 64).
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Individual complaints
This section contains information about decisions made by the Committees on individual complaints. An individual complaint is a formal complaint - from an individual who claims that their rights under one of the treaties have been violated by a State party - which most of the Treaty Bodies are competent to consider.
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Treaty’s articles | Issue | Result |
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Update! The new forms and guidance notes for individual complaints are available in the main website of the following Committees: HRCtee, CERD, CESCR, CEDAW, CAT, CRC, CRPD, CED
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[1] Individual Communication from the 130 Session (12 Oct 2020 – 06 Nov 2020) published in 2021.
[2] Individual Communication from the 130 Session (12 Oct 2020 – 06 Nov 2020) published in 2021. The advanced unedited version of the decision does not specify the date of its adoption.
[3] Individual Communication from the 130 Session (12 Oct 2020 – 06 Nov 2020) published in 2021.
[4] Individual Communication from the 70 Session (26 Apr 2020 – 28 Apr 2020) published in 2021.
Summary of sessions: country periodic reviews
This section contains more detailed information on SOGIESC questions, recommendations and follow-up reviews adopted by specific Committees under the country periodic review process. To see the summary of sessions, please download the full report.