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The Human Rights Committee convenes three times a year for sessions of three weeks' duration, normally in March at United Nations headquarters in New York and in July and November at the United Nations Office in Geneva. The Working Group on Communications meets one week prior to the Plenary.

The follow-up to concluding observations

The follow-up to concluding observations procedure (see Annual Report - A/58/40 – Chapter VII and subsequent reports) consists of identifying a limited number of recommendations from the concluding observations, which require additional information from a State party, within one year from the consideration of the State party’s report to the Committee.

The Committee identifies around three or four recommendations on the basis of their particular seriousness and possibility of implementation within a one-year period. These recommendations are clearly identified in a paragraph at the end of the concluding observations.Thus, the States parties have one year to provide information on the measures taken to give effect to these follow-up recommendations.

At each session of the Committee, the Follow-up Rapporteur presents an updated follow-up progress report with new information and progress made since the previous session of the Committee. The follow-up information submitted by States parties, the information received from other sources, and the Rapporteur’s letters to States parties, can be found below under each session.

Note: Schedules are subject to change by the Committee at short notice

No.
Dates
State reports
Location
113
March 2015
STATES FOR EXAMINATION:
Spain, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Cyprus, Cambodia, Côte d'Ivore
Geneva
112
13-31 October 2014
STATES FOR EXAMINATION:
Haiti, Sri Lanka, Russian Federation, France, Malta, Montenegro
TASK FORCES (FOR ADOPTION OF LIST OF ISSUES)
Uzbekistan, Canada, Macedonia
Geneva
STATES FOR EXAMINATION:
Chad, France, Georgia, Ireland, Malta, Sudan

STATES FOR EXAMINATION:
Chad, Chile , Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Nepal, Sierra Leone
TASK FORCES (FOR ADOPTION OF LIST OF ISSUES):
Haiti, Sri Lanka, Russian Federation, France, Malta, Montenegro
(FOR ADOPTION OF LIST OF ISSUES PRIOR TO REPORTING):
New Zealand, Ecuador

STATES FOR EXAMINATION:
Bolivia, Djibouti, Mauritania, Mozambique, United States of America, Uruguay
TASK FORCES (FOR ADOPTION OF LIST OF ISSUES):
Georgia, Ireland, Japan, Sudan, Latvia, Burundi
STATES FOR EXAMINATION:
Angola, Macao, Paraguay, Peru, Hong Kong
Belize (in the absence of a report)
TASK FORCES (FOR ADOPTION OF LIST OF ISSUES):
Bolivia, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Indonesia, Mauritania, Mozambique, Tajikistan, United States of America
STATES FOR EXAMINATION:
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Côte d'Ivoire (in the absence of a report - POSTPONED), Germany, Philippines, Portugal, Turkey
TASK FORCES (FOR ADOPTION OF LIST OF ISSUES):
Albania, Belize (in the absence of a report) Finland, China-Hong Kong, Ukraine
(FOR ADOPTION OF LIST OF ISSUES PRIOR TO REPORTING):
Australia
STATES FOR EXAMINATION:
Armenia, Iceland, Kenya, Lithuania, Maldives,
TASK FORCES (FOR ADOPTION OF LIST OF ISSUES):
Angola, Germany, Haiti (in the absence of a report) (POSTPONED), China-Macao, Peru
(FOR ADOPTION OF LIST OF ISSUES PRIOR TO REPORTING):
Afghanistan, Croatia, Israel, New Zealand, San Marino
STATES FOR EXAMINATION:
Cape Verde (in the absence of a report), Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mozambique (postponed), Turkmenistan, Yemen
TASK FORCES (FOR ADOPTION OF LIST OF ISSUES): Philippines, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Paraguay, Portugal, Turkey

STATES FOR EXAMINATION:
Jamaica, Kuwait, Norway, Iran, Malawi (in the absence of a report)
TASK FORCES (FOR ADOPTION OF LIST OF ISSUES): Armenia, Lithuania, Kenya, Cape Verde (in the absence of a report)
TASK FORCES (FOR ADOPTION OF LIST OF ISSUES PRIOR TO REPORTING):
Uruguay, Cameroon, Monaco, Denmark, Moldova
STATES FOR EXAMINATION:
Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Dominica
TASK FORCES (FOR ADOPTION OF LIST OF ISSUES): Maldives, Turkmenistan, Iceland, Mozambique (in the absence of a report)
Mongolia, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovakia, Togo
Task Forces: Dominican Republic, Iran, Malawi, Norway, Yemen
El Salvador, Poland, Belgium, Jordan and Hungary
Task Forces: Jamaica, Bulgaria, Kuwait, Guatemala
Cameroon, Colombia, Estonia, Israel
Task Forces: Ethiopia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Togo
New Zealand, Argentina, Mexico, Uzbekistan
Task Forces: Jordan, Hungary, Serbia, Poland, Belgium
Switzerland, Moldova, Croatia, Russian Federation, Ecuador
Task Force: Cameroon, Colombia, El Salvador, Estonia, Israel
Azerbaijan, Chad, Kingdom of the Netherlands, United Republic of Tanzania
Task Force: Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, New Zealand, Uzbekistan
Australia, Chad, Rwanda, Sweden
Task Force: Croatia, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Switzerland, Tanzania,

Nicaragua, Monaco, Denmark, Japan, Spain,
Task Force: Azerbaijan, Netherlands, Rwanda

Australia, Chad

France, San Marino, Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Task Force: Denmark, Sweden, Spain
Monaco

Tunisia, Botswana, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Panama,
Task Force: Japan, France, Nicaragua, Ireland

Georgia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Austria, Costa Rica, Algeria,
Task Force :
San Marino, Panama, Tunisia, United Kingdom

Zambia, Sudan, Czech Republic, Grenada
Madagascar, Chile, Rwanda, Barbados, Czech Republic, Costa Rica, Grenada, Sudan, Austria
Honduras, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Republic of Korea, Chile, Barbados, Zambia, Rwanda

Central African Republic, United States of America, UNMIK (Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo)
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Madagascar, Ukraine

Slovenia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Yemen
Barbados*, Greece, Iceland, Kenya, Mauritius, Uzbekistan
Albania, Benin, Finland, Morocco, Poland
Belgium, Central African Republic*, Liechtenstein, Namibia, Serbia & Montenegro
Colombia, Germany, Lithuania, Suriname, Uganda
20 October - 7 November 2003
Equatorial Guinea, Latvia, Philippines, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka
Geneva
14 July - 8 August 2003
El Salvador, Israel, Portugal, Slovakia, Russian Federation
Geneva
17 March - 4 April 2003
Estonia, Luxembourg, Mali
Geneva
21 October -8 November 2002
Egypt, Suriname, Togo
Geneva
8-26 July 2002
Gambia, New Zealand, Viet Nam, Yemen
Geneva
18 March - 5 April 2002
Georgia, Hungary, Sweden
New York
15 October - 2 November 2001
Azerbaijan, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Geneva
9-27 July 2001
Czech Republic, DPR of Korea, Guatemala, Monaco, Netherlands
Geneva
19 March - 6 April 2001
Croatia, Dominican Republic, Syrian Arab Republic, Venezuela, Uzbekistan
New York
16 October - 3 November 2000
Argentina, Denmark, Gabon, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago
Geneva
10-28 July 2000
Australia , Ireland , Kuwait , Kyrgyzstan
Geneva
13 - 31 March 2000
Congo, Guyana, Mongolia, UK (Dependent Territories)
New York
18 October - 5 November 1999
 
Geneva
12 - 30 July 1999
 
Geneva
22 March - 9 April 1999
 
New York
19 October - 5 November 1998
Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Iceland, Japan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Geneva
13-31 July 1998
Algeria, Ecuador, Israel, Italy, Former Yugoslav Rpeublic of Macedonia, United Republic of Tanzania
Geneva
23 March - 9 April 1998
Cyprus, Finland, Uruguay, Zimbabwe
New York
20 October - 7 November 1997
Belarus, Iraq, Jamaica, Lithuania, Senegal, Sudan
Geneva
14 July - 1 August 1997
India , France , Slovakia
Geneva
24 March - 11 April 1997
Bolivia, Colombia, Georgia, Lebanon, Portugal (Macau)
New York

* Review procedure: Report overdue. Consideration of country situation in the absence of a State report

 
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