Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Pre-Sessional Working Group 51st Session, (21-24 May 2013)

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Information Note for NGO and NHRI: E | S

Consideration of State Reports: Adoption of lists of issues

States examined	State Reports and Core documents	Information from other sources **	List of Issues
AUSTRIA	Fourth report E/C.12/AUT/4 E & Annex | F | R | S		E/C.12/AUT/Q/4 E | F | R | S
BELARUS	Fourth-Sixth reports E/C.12/BLR/4-6 E | F | R | S HRI/CORE/BLR/2011 E | F | R | A | C	Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children	E/C.12/BLR/Q/4-6 E | F | R | S
BELGIUM	Fourth report E/C.12/BEL/4 E | F | R | S HRI/CORE/BEL/2012 E F S R A C	Belgian Disability Forum Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children Joint LDH - FIAN Joint BDF and the Belgian Federal and Regional Advisory Councils for Persons with Disabilities	E/C.12/BEL/Q/4 E | F | R | S
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Second report E/C.12/BIH/2 E | F | R | S HRI/CORE/BIH/2011 E F S R C A	Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children Institution of Human Rights Ombudsman of Bosnia and Herzegovina Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre World Vision	E/C.12/BIH/Q/2 E | F | R | S
CHINA with HONG KONG SAR and MACAO SAR	Second report E/C.12/CHN/2 E | F | S | C HRI/CORE/CHN/2010 E F S R C A E/C.12/CHN-HKG/3 E | F | R | S | C HRI/CORE/CHN-HKG/2010 E | F | R | S | C E/C.12/CHN-MAC/2 E | F | S | C HRI/CORE/CHN-MAC/2010 E | F | R | S | C	Amnesty International Chinese Human Rights Defenders Equal Opportunities Commission, Hong Kong Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children Hong Kong Unison Limited 1-2 Human Rights in China and Annexes: 1-2-3-4-5 IDA Joint Boston University Asylum & Human Rights Program - Tibet Justice Center Joint CWWN - GM - LAC - LESN - WE Macau LGBT Rights Concern Group Society for Community Organization The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization Word Uyghur Congress	E/C.12/CHN/Q/2 E | F | S | C E/C.12/CHN-MAC/Q/2 E | F | S | C E/C.12/CHN-HKG/Q/3 E | F | S | C
DJIBOUTI	Initial-second reports E/C.12/DJI/1-2 E | F | R | S HRI/CORE/DJI/2010 E F S R A C	Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children	E/C.12/DJI/Q/1-2 E | F | R | S
EGYPT	Second-fourth reports E/C.12/EGY/2-4 A | E | F | R | S	Amnesty International Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children Habitat International Coalition IBFAN Joint ECESR & CESR	E/C.12/EGY/Q/2-4 E | F | R | S
GABON	Initial report E/C.12/GAB/1 E | F | R | S	Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children	E/C.12/GAB/Q/1 E | F | R | S
NORWAY	Fifth report E/C.12/NOR/5 E | F | R | S HRI/CORE/NOR/2009 E F S R A C	Norwegian Centre for Human Rights Norwegian NGO-forum for Human Rights	E/C.12/NOR/Q/5 E | F | R | S
UZBEKISTAN	Second report E/C.12/UZB/2 E | F | R | S HRI/CORE/UZB/2010 E F S R A C	Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children Joint Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network & the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network	E/C.12/UZB/Q/2 E | F | R | S

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