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March 18, 2023, 10:20 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"Ethiopia ratified the United Nations Protocol to Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons especially Women and Children" (11). "Ethiopia has adopted the ILO convention (156) that requires governments to take measures to ease the burden of women in the household" (16).
March 15, 2023, 4:58 a.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

“As suggested so far, despite the various laws and treaties, Bulgaria has been unable to implement any policies or projects concerning women’s issues. There are several reasons for this. First, there are no national mechanisms for the advancement of women in Bulgaria. Second, it is unclear who should take responsibility for the implementation of the National Action Plan and other policies supportive of women. There is no government ministry or agency authorized to coordinate practical measures. Several Ministries (Justice, Labour and Social Policy, Foreign Affairs) have been involved in gender sensitization training under various programmes offered by the European Union, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the Council...more
March 14, 2023, 7:45 a.m.
Countries: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

“At the regional level, NGOs are also being incorporated into political discussion. At Working Table I on Democratization and Human Rights of the 1999 Stability Pact Conference, a Gender Task Force was established. The members include all European Union countries, those with treaties with the EU (Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, and Turkey), as well as the five south-eastern European countries yet to have a contractual relationship with the EU, (i.e. Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia). Representatives of governments, women’s NGOs and international donors participated. The main goals of the Gender Task Force are to promote greater women’s participation in political life...more
March 8, 2023, 1:43 p.m.
Countries: Montenegro
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"In May 2019, the Government of Montenegro adopted the National Report on the Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BpfA) and the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 (Agenda 2030) and sent them to the Commission on the Status of Women for consideration and adoption ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action" (29). "Montenegro has ratified several international treaties, such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which promote a gender-sensitive approach and encourage state parties to incorporate a gender dimension into national policies related to sustainable development and climate...more
March 1, 2023, 7:55 p.m.
Countries: Montenegro
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"As part of the Continuing Professional Development Program for Judges and Public Prosecutors, the Centre for Training in Judiciary and State Prosecution Service (CTJSPS) conducts training on...the CoE Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) and other national and international legal documents related to the protection of women, protection against discrimination, human rights, and gender equality" (4). "[T]he Directorate [for Gender Equality within the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights] has established good cooperation with institutional mechanisms for achieving gender equality in the region (it is a member of the 'Balkan Region' network established by parliamentary and governmental mechanisms of Bosnia and Herzegovina, North...more
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:54 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"The National Strategy to End Child Marriage, 2016, endorsed in March 2016, has been implemented with the goal of ending child marriage by 2030. Nepal is a member of the South Asia Initiative to End Violence against Children, which links Nepal to the broader regional network on ending child marriage in South Asia. The First National Girl Summit held on 23 March 2016 in Kathmandu has galvanized national and international support to end child marriage." (7). "The GoN pursues a policy to build requisite infrastructure before joining any international instruments. After developing the requisite legal, policy and institutional mechanisms, the GoN will consider towards joining the Palermo Protocol to Prevent,...more
Feb. 8, 2023, 12:39 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: ATC-DATA-5, RISW-PRACTICE-2

"Turkey withdrew from Istanbul Convention in March 2021 over what the ruling government of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) called the treaty’s 'normalization of homosexuality.' Since then, despite country-wide demands to rejoin, the ruling AK party has not budged on its decision." (para 7).
Feb. 6, 2023, 12:07 p.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"The Committee [on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women] notes that the adherence of the State party to the nine major international human rights instruments would enhance the enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms in all aspects of life. The Committee therefore encourages the State party to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, to which it is not yet a party" (17)
Feb. 5, 2023, 9:19 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"He has also turned against LGBTQ groups. Erdoğan withdrew last year from the Istanbul Convention, a human rights treaty preventing and combating violence against women. He has talked about 'the LGBT imposition that has become the tool of a global dictatorship,' asked whether 'there can be a place for the LGBT in a strong family,' and promised to 'do whatever is necessary' to tackle it." (para 27).
Feb. 4, 2023, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"The state party acknowledges the importance of parliament in ensuring full implementation of the convention. In this regard, the Ministry of Justice compiled a compendium of all human rights reports for distribution to all members of parliament. In this way, members of parliament will be better informed of parliament’s role in ensuring that Namibia fulfils its obligations under various UN human rights treaties. Members of Parliament are tasked to take the information contained in the report including the previous concluding observations and recommendations of the CEDAW Committee to their constituencies as part of their parliamentary oversight functions to educate the general public and obtain feedback from the public for possible...more
Feb. 4, 2023, 8:40 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"The Committee therefore encourages the State party to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, to which it is not yet a party" (15). Iraq has acceded but not yet ratified this convention (MV-coder comment).
Feb. 2, 2023, 1:11 p.m.
Countries: Austria
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"The Committee welcomes the fact that, in the period since the consideration of the previous report, the State party ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, in 2013" (2). "The Committee notes that the adherence of the State party to the nine major international human rights instruments would enhance the enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms in all aspects of life. The Committee therefore encourages the State party to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, to which it is not yet a party" (15).more
Dec. 22, 2022, 6:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"International human rights law guarantees the rights to freely manifest one’s religious beliefs, to freedom of expression, and to education without discrimination. Women and girls are entitled to the same rights as men and boys, including to wear what they choose. Any limitations on these rights must be for a legitimate aim and applied in a non-arbitrary and nondiscriminatory manner. These protections are included in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention of the Rights of the Child, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Indonesia has ratified each of these international treaties" (para 15-16).
Nov. 15, 2022, 11:05 p.m.
Countries: Rwanda
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"Rwanda is also obliged to ensure equality between men and women by ratifying the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights" (para 4).
July 6, 2022, 10:35 a.m.
Countries: Djibouti
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"...and the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol) in 2005 in order to accelerate the achievement of gender equality, in the interest of sustainable and equitable development" (6).
July 1, 2022, 11:06 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"Indonesia’s strong commitments toward the promotion of women empowerment and gender equality is manifested in its participation to various International Instruments and global frameworks that promote the rights of all women and girls such as the Beijing Platform Declaration and 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda" (3). "Indonesia has ratified ICRMW" (39).
June 29, 2022, 11:33 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"The Committee welcomes the fact that, in the period since the consideration of the previous report, the State party has ratified or acceded to the following international and regional instruments: (a) Association of Southeast Asian Nations Convention against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, in 2017" (2).
June 21, 2022, 1:11 p.m.
Countries: Guyana
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"The Committee welcomes the fact that, in the period since the consideration of the previous report, the State party has ratified the following international instruments: (a) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in 2014; (b) Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) of the International Labour Organization, in 2013; (c) Arms Trade Treaty, in 2013" (2). "The Committee notes that the adherence of the State party to the nine major international human rights instruments would enhance the enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms in all aspects of life. The Committee therefore encourages the State party to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All...more
June 21, 2022, 8:35 a.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"The Committee notes that the adherence of the State party to the nine major international human rights instruments would enhance the enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms in all aspects of life. The Committee therefore encourages the State party to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, to which it is not yet a party" (15).
May 16, 2022, 8:09 p.m.
Countries: Suriname
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"On May 25, 2007, the UN Convention against Transnational Crime and related Optional Protocols, including the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children and the Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea, and Air was ratified" (8). "Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography was ratified on May 18, 2012" (8). "In May 2002 Suriname signed the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict" (8). "The Convention of Bel m do Par , which was ratified...more
Jan. 6, 2022, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"Somalia has signed and ratified the African (Banjul) Charter on Human and People's Rights. However, Somalia has not ratified nor signed the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa better known as the Maputo Protocol" (1).
Nov. 9, 2021, 11:34 a.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"[W]omen’s rights groups called for the enforcement of the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence against Women and Domestic Violence" (54).
Sept. 22, 2021, 10:41 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"[T]he Committee urges the State party:...To ratify the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution" (9). "[T]he Committee recommends that the State party...Consider ratifying the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness" (12). "The Committee recommends that the State party...Ratify the International Labour Organization Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190)" (14). "The Committee encourages the State party to ratify the Optional Protocol to...more
July 12, 2021, 1:42 p.m.
Countries: Mali
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"The women's rights groups said in a statement that Mali had ratified international and regional agreements on women's rights such as the CEDAW and The Maputo Protocol - and was therefore obliged to take action to curb FGM" (para 13).
June 30, 2021, 4:32 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"Turkey withdrew from a European treaty on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, according to the country’s Official Gazette early Saturday. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention that was signed in 2011" (para 1-2). "Turkey is the first country to ratify the Council of Europe convention adopted in Istanbul. It seeks to prevent violence against women, including domestic violence, and bring an end to legal impunity for perpetrators" (para 8).
June 30, 2021, 4:23 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"The conservative, right-wing Ankara government... has agitated to withdraw Turkey from an international convention ensuring women’s rights" (para 7).
June 29, 2021, 4:33 p.m.
Countries: Poland
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"Poland is to withdraw from a European treaty aimed at preventing violence against women, the country's justice minister announced on Saturday. Zbigniew Ziobro said the document, known as the Istanbul Convention, was 'harmful' because it required schools to teach children about gender" (para 1-2).
June 25, 2021, 1:42 p.m.
Countries: Hungary
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"Hungary has rejected signing an international treaty intended to stop violence against women.Hungarian parliament refused to ratify the Istanbul Convention on Tuesday[May 2020]. Led by the Council of Europe and first introduced in 2011, the convention is the first international binding agreement to prevent gender-based violence like female genital mutilation and marital rape"(para 1-2)."Hungary joined the convention with the majority of EU member states in 2014, but the Budapest Assembly prevented ratification. The Hungarian government upheld a declaration that said the convention promoted 'destructive gender ideologies' and 'illegal immigration,' according to the Guardian"(para 5)."Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party said that the country agrees with the treaty, but Hungarian law already protects...more
April 26, 2021, 11:01 a.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"The judges added that Kenya has, by ratifying numerous international treaties including CEDAW and the Maputo Protocol, made notable regional and international commitments to protect the rights of women and girls including the freedom from discrimination, cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment and harmful practices and attaining the highest standards of health" (para 6).
Jan. 31, 2021, 1:58 p.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

“The great potential and transformative nature of the quest to advance women’s rights and the cross-cutting approach taken by the Angolan Government form the basis for clear innovations in the efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention, as reflected in: The Organic Statute of the Ministry of Family and Promotion of Women, which promotes the dissemination and the undertaking of activities for the implementation of the conventions, treaties and protocols relating to women and the family that have been signed and ratified by Angola. The National Policy on Gender Equality and Equity. Other policies that are being implemented in the context of the National Development Plan 2013–2017; Efforts to...more