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In order to monitor the respect of obligations that arise from the Convention, a Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was set up. Every four years States parties are called to submit to the Committee a national report on …

The Committee may address the situation of human rights in Western Sahara through the following mechanisms:

• Periodic Review
• Individual Communication

The Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women The Periodic Report Mechanism The Individual Communication Procedure

Until today no communications have been brought by individuals to the attention of the Committee in relation to the human rights situation in Western Sahara. It is worth noting that Morocco is not a State party to the Optional Protocol …

Thanks to the adoption by the General Assembly of an Optional Protocol to the Covenant in 2008, the Committee will have the competence to receive and consider communications from individuals who claim to be victims of a violation of the rights set …

The monitoring functions, through the mechanism of periodic reporting by States parties, were initially assigned to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). In 1985, in order to fulfill that task, the ECOSOC established a Committee on Economic, Social and …

The Committee addresses the situation of human rights in Western Sahara through the following mechanisms: Periodic Review Individual Communication

The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights The Periodic Review Mechanism The Individual Communication Procedure