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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UruguayUruguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Consider ratifying the following international instruments: ICCPR ...ExplanationQatar is considering acceding to the ICCPR and ICESCR.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 12) Since submitting its second national report to the universal periodic review mechanism, Qatar has acceded to a number of instruments: … • ICCPR, under Decree No. 40 of 2018; • ICESCR, under Decree No. 41 of 2018;
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 2) The State has also acceded to the ICCPR ….
Para 17) Joint Submission 4 (JS4) commended Qatar’s accession to the ICCPR … in 2018.
Para 18) AI expressed concern over the government’s sweeping reservations. Through lodging these reservations, Qatar has refused to fully recognize equal rights for women, including in matters of personal status laws, and has also stated that it will interpret the term “punishment” in line with the Islamic Shari’a.
Para 21) JS4 also stated that the sweeping reservations made to ICCPR and ICESCRs in respect to gender equality and declarations that appear to undermine the object and purpose of the Covenants, were regrettable, and that the gaps in domestic law and policy and the challenges that many individuals and groups faced in relation to their right to a nationality, detailed below, were all in clear violation of the international obligations of Qatar.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UruguayUruguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Adopt all necessary measures, including legislative measures, in order to apply a policy on migrants with a human rights perspective, in particular with regard to the detention of migrants, especially women and children.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:N/AContents:"Notwithstanding the progress that has been achieved with regard to women, the
greatest challenge remains to boost their role in society, to increase their access to a number
of fields, to support their participation in economic activity and to formulate policies that
will enhance and develop their capacity to fulfil their responsibilities as key partners in the
development process. [Para 6.2]" -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Other
Type:Review DocumentationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:N/AContents:In addition to the foregoing, many new pieces of general legislation contain independent provisions guaranteeing the rights of persons with disabilities. They include Act No. 15 of 2016 promulgating the Civil Service Human Resources Act and Council of Ministers Decree No. 32 of 2016 promulgating the implementing regulations of that Act. For example, article 74 of the Act grants female workers leave with full pay to care for a child with a disability or a child suffering from a condition necessitating accompaniment by the mother. [Para 61] -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:AustraliaAustraliaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Right to marry
- Intersex persons' rights
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Develop and implement anti-discrimination laws and government policies to address discrimination, particularly against individuals within the LGBTI community and women, including through improving access to marriage, divorce and child custody rights.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:RomaniaRomaniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Strengthen the protection of women and children from all forms of violence through the adoption of adequate legislative measures.
ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:IraqIraqRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Take additional efforts to ensure equality between boys and girls in their access to education.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:MozambiqueMozambiqueRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Improve policies against women and girls’ discrimination.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:AfghanistanAfghanistanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Consider adopting specific legislation to end all forms of violence against woman, including laws combatting and criminalising domestic violence.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:ChileChileRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt measures with practical or substantial impact for the equality of women and men in political life, decision-making bodies and the private sector.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
Type:Review DocumentationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:The Committee against Torture recommended that Qatar ... ensure that all cases of gender-based violence against women were thoroughly investigated, perpetrators were prosecuted and appropriately sanctioned and victims obtained redress, including fair and adequate compensation. It also recommended that Qatar provide mandatory training on prosecution for gender-based violence to all law enforcement and justice officials and continue awareness-raising campaigns on all forms of violence against women. [Para 42]
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Outcome ReportIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:CommentSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:N/AContents:The United Towns Agency for North-South Cooperation commended Qatar ... for its accession to a number of international instruments, including the CEDAW and the International Covenants on Civil Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; [Para 887] -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:BrazilBrazilRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:AcceptedContents:To continue efforts to combat discrimination against women, particularly migrant women. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:United KingdomUnited KingdomRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:RejectedContents:To continue to focus work on the rights of women and children, and to lift its reservations to CEDAW to guarantee fair and equal legislation. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:AlgeriaAlgeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:AcceptedContents:Continue measures aimed at improving the status of women in society and protect them from all forms of discrimination.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 27) The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs was brought into being pursuant to Amiri Decree No. 4 of 2016. The Ministry includes the Family Affairs Department, which is the competent authority for all matters pertaining to women and seeks to enhance the status and role of women in society and to maintain strong and cohesive families in which children are cared for and which abide by sound moral and religious values. The Family Affairs Department also helps to enact national strategies, plans and policies related to women, to provide social welfare and to develop and follow up on social development programmes, in coordination with the competent authorities.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 18) AI expressed concern over the government’s sweeping reservations. Through lodging these reservations, Qatar has refused to fully recognize equal rights for women, including in matters of personal status laws, and has also stated that it will interpret the term “punishment” in line with the Islamic Shari’a.
Para 21) JS4 also stated that the sweeping reservations made to ICCPR and ICESCRs in respect to gender equality and declarations that appear to undermine the object and purpose of the Covenants, were regrettable, and that the gaps in domestic law and policy and the challenges that many individuals and groups faced in relation to their right to a nationality, detailed below, were all in clear violation of the international obligations of Qatar.
Para 28) According to AI, laws that discriminate against women came particularly to the fore in the context of the Gulf crisis that began in June 2017, when some governments severely restricted ties with Qatar as part of a political dispute. In line with citizenship and family laws across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the children of Qatari mothers and non-Qatari fathers are not automatically entitled to citizenship. So when some countries called their nationals back from Qatar and prevented Qatari nationals from entering their territory many families were split up.
Para 51) ODVV stated that Qatar women faced discrimination in law and practice, and that personal status laws continued to discriminate against women in relation to marriage, divorce, inheritance, child custody, nationality and freedom of movement.
Para 52) AI stated that in Qatar, women continued to face discrimination in law and practice. Family law discriminates against women, including by making it much harder for women to seek a divorce than for men, and placing women at a severe economic disadvantage if they seek a divorce or if their husbands leave them.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SloveniaSloveniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen efforts to prevent violence against women and ensure the accountability of all perpetrators while ensuring victims are provided with adequate redress, reparations and access to full rehabilitation.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 23) … Similarly, there was a decline in the number of cases of domestic violence in 2015 with respect to the preceding year, after the phenomenon had taken an upward trend in the years since 2008.
Para 30) With regard to recommendations related to combating domestic violence and in addition to the legislative measures in that regard already adopted by the State, Qatar has continued its policy of combating all forms of domestic violence against women and children, including violence against domestic workers. The Hamad Medical Corporation has adopted policies to address the problem of violence against women and imposes an obligation on medical staff to report suspected cases of violence.
Para 31) The protective role of the Ministry of the Interior towards victims of domestic violence is exercised by the community police. This consists in providing support and assistance through the Ministry’s Social Support Department and, in coordination with the competent judicial authorities, empowering victims to gain access to justice in order to ensure that perpetrators are held accountable. The Ministry provides a hotline service to ensure the authorities can intervene early to block and prevent violence against women and, in coordination with the Family Court, it has established a unit within the Social Support Department for the implementation of judicial rulings in cases of domestic violence.
Para 32) Since members of regional communities are more likely to be familiar with cases in which families are exposed to domestic violence, the Community Police Department of the Ministry of the Interior, in coordination with the security services, has implemented a police council regional service programme.
Para 33) The Community Police Department has organized a number of awareness-raising activities to prevent violence in schools. These include participation in events and in research projects aimed at addressing the general situation of women.
Para 34) The Community Police Department takes various measures to protect women. These include: enforcement of Family Court rulings; providing social services for cases as they arise; coordinating action by citizens, civil society institutions and specialized centres; facilitating the provision of advisory services; organizing awareness-raising campaigns; encouraging the peaceful resolution of family disputes; bolstering oversight, policing and community patrols in residential areas; supporting studies and programmes on the protection of women; and monitoring cases submitted by security departments and other bodies.
Para 35) In June 2015, Qatar amended the statutes of the Social Protection and Rehabilitation Centre (formerly the Qatari Institution for Social Protection and Rehabilitation), thereby strengthening the system of social protection and rehabilitation for vulnerable categories in Qatar, such as victims of violence and family breakdown, especially women and children. It should be noted that the Centre is a private establishment of public utility and is subject to the provisions of Decree-Law No. 21 of 2006 on private establishments of public utility, as amended.
Para 36) The Social Protection and Rehabilitation Centre acts to achieve its objectives and fulfil its functions, which include providing temporary shelter to vulnerable categories, running a hotline to receive communications relating to such categories and offering social, psychological and legal advice, as well as legal assistance to those who cannot otherwise afford it. In addition, the Centre implements special programmes aimed at empowering and rehabilitating victims of violence and family breakdown, especially women and children, and reintegrating them into the community. It also seeks to raise women’s awareness of their rights and duties and strengthen their self-confidence and capacities. To that end, it holds seminars and training courses and publishes guidance booklets and periodicals relevant to the objectives and mandate of the Centre.
Para 37) The Social Protection and Rehabilitation Centre is open to all women and children who are victims of violence. The Centre offers them support of many kinds in the form of integrated protection, reintegration and care, irrespective of the nationality of the victim, whether Qatari or non-Qatari.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 50) Despite promises in recent years by the government, AI noted that there was still no law criminalizing domestic violence. Victims instead have to make general complaints of physical or sexual abuse under the Penal Code, which does not provide sufficient protection for domestic violence.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:GermanyGermanyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Accede to the ICCPR and ICESCR.ExplanationQatar is considering acceding to the ICCPR and ICESCR.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 12) Since submitting its second national report to the universal periodic review mechanism, Qatar has acceded to a number of instruments: … • ICCPR, under Decree No. 40 of 2018; • ICESCR, under Decree No. 41 of 2018;
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 2) The State has also acceded to the ICCPR and ICESCR.
Para 17) Joint Submission 4 (JS4) commended Qatar’s accession to the ICCPR and ICESCR) in 2018.
Para 18) AI expressed concern over the government’s sweeping reservations. Through lodging these reservations, Qatar has refused to fully recognize equal rights for women, including in matters of personal status laws, and has also stated that it will interpret the term “punishment” in line with the Islamic Shari’a.
Para 21) JS4 also stated that the sweeping reservations made to ICCPR and ICESCRs in respect to gender equality and declarations that appear to undermine the object and purpose of the Covenants, were regrettable, and that the gaps in domestic law and policy and the challenges that many individuals and groups faced in relation to their right to a nationality, detailed below, were all in clear violation of the international obligations of Qatar.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:GermanyGermanyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Gender equality
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Take effective actions to ensure that women are fully protected from discrimination and violence, including by criminalizing domestic violence against women, adopt legal measures to guarantee full gender equality, and consider withdrawing reservations to the CEDAW.ExplanationNoted.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 27) The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs was brought into being pursuant to Amiri Decree No. 4 of 2016. The Ministry includes the Family Affairs Department, which is the competent authority for all matters pertaining to women and seeks to enhance the status and role of women in society and to maintain strong and cohesive families in which children are cared for and which abide by sound moral and religious values. The Family Affairs Department also helps to enact national strategies, plans and policies related to women, to provide social welfare and to develop and follow up on social development programmes, in coordination with the competent authorities.
Para 23) … Similarly, there was a decline in the number of cases of domestic violence in 2015 with respect to the preceding year, after the phenomenon had taken an upward trend in the years since 2008.
Para 30) With regard to recommendations related to combating domestic violence and in addition to the legislative measures in that regard already adopted by the State, Qatar has continued its policy of combating all forms of domestic violence against women and children, including violence against domestic workers. The Hamad Medical Corporation has adopted policies to address the problem of violence against women and imposes an obligation on medical staff to report suspected cases of violence.
Para 31) The protective role of the Ministry of the Interior towards victims of domestic violence is exercised by the community police. This consists in providing support and assistance through the Ministry’s Social Support Department and, in coordination with the competent judicial authorities, empowering victims to gain access to justice in order to ensure that perpetrators are held accountable. The Ministry provides a hotline service to ensure the authorities can intervene early to block and prevent violence against women and, in coordination with the Family Court, it has established a unit within the Social Support Department for the implementation of judicial rulings in cases of domestic violence.
Para 32) Since members of regional communities are more likely to be familiar with cases in which families are exposed to domestic violence, the Community Police Department of the Ministry of the Interior, in coordination with the security services, has implemented a police council regional service programme.
Para 33) The Community Police Department has organized a number of awareness-raising activities to prevent violence in schools. These include participation in events and in research projects aimed at addressing the general situation of women.
Para 34) The Community Police Department takes various measures to protect women. These include: enforcement of Family Court rulings; providing social services for cases as they arise; coordinating action by citizens, civil society institutions and specialized centres; facilitating the provision of advisory services; organizing awareness-raising campaigns; encouraging the peaceful resolution of family disputes; bolstering oversight, policing and community patrols in residential areas; supporting studies and programmes on the protection of women; and monitoring cases submitted by security departments and other bodies.
Para 35) In June 2015, Qatar amended the statutes of the Social Protection and Rehabilitation Centre (formerly the Qatari Institution for Social Protection and Rehabilitation), thereby strengthening the system of social protection and rehabilitation for vulnerable categories in Qatar, such as victims of violence and family breakdown, especially women and children. It should be noted that the Centre is a private establishment of public utility and is subject to the provisions of Decree-Law No. 21 of 2006 on private establishments of public utility, as amended.
Para 36) The Social Protection and Rehabilitation Centre acts to achieve its objectives and fulfil its functions, which include providing temporary shelter to vulnerable categories, running a hotline to receive communications relating to such categories and offering social, psychological and legal advice, as well as legal assistance to those who cannot otherwise afford it. In addition, the Centre implements special programmes aimed at empowering and rehabilitating victims of violence and family breakdown, especially women and children, and reintegrating them into the community. It also seeks to raise women’s awareness of their rights and duties and strengthen their self-confidence and capacities. To that end, it holds seminars and training courses and publishes guidance booklets and periodicals relevant to the objectives and mandate of the Centre.
Para 37) The Social Protection and Rehabilitation Centre is open to all women and children who are victims of violence. The Centre offers them support of many kinds in the form of integrated protection, reintegration and care, irrespective of the nationality of the victim, whether Qatari or non-Qatari.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 18) AI expressed concern over the government’s sweeping reservations. Through lodging these reservations, Qatar has refused to fully recognize equal rights for women, including in matters of personal status laws, and has also stated that it will interpret the term “punishment” in line with the Islamic Shari’a.
Para 21) JS4 also stated that the sweeping reservations made to ICCPR and ICESCRs in respect to gender equality and declarations that appear to undermine the object and purpose of the Covenants, were regrettable, and that the gaps in domestic law and policy and the challenges that many individuals and groups faced in relation to their right to a nationality, detailed below, were all in clear violation of the international obligations of Qatar.
Para 28) According to AI, laws that discriminate against women came particularly to the fore in the context of the Gulf crisis that began in June 2017, when some governments severely restricted ties with Qatar as part of a political dispute. In line with citizenship and family laws across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the children of Qatari mothers and non-Qatari fathers are not automatically entitled to citizenship. So when some countries called their nationals back from Qatar and prevented Qatari nationals from entering their territory many families were split up.
Para 50) Despite promises in recent years by the government, AI noted that there was still no law criminalizing domestic violence. Victims instead have to make general complaints of physical or sexual abuse under the Penal Code, which does not provide sufficient protection for domestic violence.
Para 51) ODVV stated that Qatar women faced discrimination in law and practice, and that personal status laws continued to discriminate against women in relation to marriage, divorce, inheritance, child custody, nationality and freedom of movement.
Para 52) AI stated that in Qatar, women continued to face discrimination in law and practice. Family law discriminates against women, including by making it much harder for women to seek a divorce than for men, and placing women at a severe economic disadvantage if they seek a divorce or if their husbands leave them.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:N/AContents:The contribution made by Qatar is not limited to the provision of humanitarian and development aid but extends to include the undertaking of humanitarian and development initiatives at the international level. Qatar has undertaken a number of initiatives, including, by way of example: ... "Teach a Child", a global initiative to reduce the number of children who lose the right to education all over the world ... [including] groups that may face particular challenges in access to education, such as girls ... [Para 36] -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:N/AContents:"Qatari women have achieved much in education and many areas of economic
activity. They have also gained access to the right to political participation. However, they
continue to encounter social obstacles to participation in the public sphere, although those
are diminishing year by year. Qatar’s accession to the CEDAW against Women in April 2009 will certainly strengthen efforts to achieve gender equality and empower women. [Para 5.1]" -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:Reference AddressedContents:AI called on the Government to reinforce measures to prevent violence against women, including violence within the family and against foreign domestic workers, and to bring to justice those responsible for such crimes. [Para 18] -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:RomaniaRomaniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Consider the withdrawal of the reservation to art.9 of the CEDAW, which ensures equal rights for women in transferring citizenship.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:OmanOmanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Empowerment of women
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Continue efforts to empower women economically and politically.
ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:BoliviaBoliviaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen national legislation in line with the CEDAW.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:JapanJapanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Take further steps to protect and promote women’s rights, including the right to participate in society.