Dear friends and fellow activists,
we are glad to introduce our latest publication: ILGA World’s UN Treaty Bodies quarterly reports.
These reports will 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.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this Quarterly Report or engagement with Treaty Bodies, please contact us on [email protected].
The complete list of our reports on Treaty Bodies sessions is available here.
Download the latest quarterly Treaty Bodies report
October - December 2019
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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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Andorra |
Israel |
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Afghanistan |
Latvia |
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 |
Countries |
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CRC 82nd Session: 9–27 Sep 2019 |
State reports: |
Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mozambique, Portugal, Republic of Korea |
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Lists of Issues: |
Afghanistan, Cambodia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Eswatini, Tunisia |
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CED |
State reports: |
Bolivia, Slovakia |
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Lists of Issues: |
Mongolia, Nigeria, Switzerland |
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HRCtee |
State reports: |
Belgium, Cabo Verde, Czech Republic, Mexico, Senegal |
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Lists of Issues: |
Afghanistan, Bolivia, Croatia, Nicaragua, Spain, Ukraine |
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CESCR |
State reports: |
Denmark, Ecuador, Israel, Senegal, Slovakia, Switzerland |
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Lists of Issues: |
Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Serbia |
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CEDAW |
State reports: |
Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Seychelles |
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Lists of Issues: |
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Gabon, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Switzerland |
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CAT |
State reports: |
Burkina Faso, Cyprus, Latvia, Niger, Portugal, Uzbekistan |
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Lists of Issues: |
Armenia, Cuba, Ecuador, Finland, Monaco, Namibia |
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CERD |
State reports: |
Cambodia, Colombia, Ireland, Israel, Uzbekistan |
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Lists of Issues: |
Cambodia, Colombia, Ireland, Israel, Uzbekistan |
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PSWG – Pre-Sessional Working Group | CRC – Committee on the Rights of the Child | CED – Committee on Enforced Disappearances | HRCtee – Human Rights Committee | CESCR – Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | CEDAW – Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women | CAT – Committee against Torture | CERD – Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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.
No General Comments were adopted between October and December 2019.
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.
No decision on SOGIESC were made between October and December 2019.
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.