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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SwedenSwedenRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:RejectedContents:To end discrimination against women by amending its legislation to guarantee women equal rights, in accordance with its international obligations, including with regard to marriage and divorce. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Birth registration
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:N/AContents:A number of amendments have been introduced with a view to improving healthcare legislation in the light of current circumstances, which have changed many practical
aspects of life, as follows: ... • Act No. 3 of 2016 regulating the registration of births and deaths includes provision for the creation of a standing committee on births and deaths; in fact, a committee with that name has been set up in the Ministry of the Interior to fulfil the functions stipulated in the Act; it examines and resolves the problems citizens and residents may face as a result of the implementation of the Act;
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• In addition, the Ministry of Public Health is keen to provide efficient, responsive
and effective online health services to go hand in hand with political, economic and
social reforms, ensuring that female residents and workers of all ages are able to
enjoy a healthy life and to access health services without difficulty; [Para 79]
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Continue the reforms aiming at bridging the gap between men and women, particularly on personal rights and transmission of nationality.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SwedenSwedenRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Reform laws that discriminate against women and girls to ensure that all legislation and policies, including the family law, the laws regulating sexual and reproductive health, laws relating to the authority of guardians over women, and laws relating to inheritance and nationality, conform to international human rights law and standards.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:MyanmarMyanmarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Continue its efforts for equal access to education by both girls and boys and children with disabilities.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:GeorgiaGeorgiaRegional groupEEGIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Further strengthen policies aimed at tackling gender based violence.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:BelgiumBelgiumRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Criminalise domestic violence and ensure that a broad definition of this crime is applied in order to ensure the protection of all concerned persons, including women and domestic workers.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:IndonesiaIndonesiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANOICIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen its legal frameworks and their implementation to end practices that expose migrant workers, particularly female migrant workers, to abuse and exploitation while ensuring justice for victims.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:IranIranRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:AcceptedContents:To continue its support for the foundations that provide services to women and children victims of abuse and violence.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 66) In the context of strengthening the legal measures aimed at combating domestic violence, sexual assault and the exploitation of women and children and ensuring that those measures are implemented effectively, Qatar has adopted various legislative, policy and strategic measures and steps, including: ...
- Strategies and national plans have included goals to strengthen services provided to the family, women and children with a view to protecting them against violence. The Strategic Plan for the Family 2011-2016 includes a goal relating to the protection of women from all forms of exploitation and violence, and the strategic implementation plan that was adopted includes a series of specific programmes and measures for the implementation of that goal through government and non- governmental agencies.
Para 67) ... In addition, the Council has established projects and activities on protection against domestic violence, victim protection mechanisms and a project to develop an early detection mechanism for use in schools with a view to protecting children from violence -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:QFSW recommended Qatar to adopt special legislation to counter violence against women, ... as well as the inclusion of provisions on women with disabilities and the increased punishment of perpetrators of violence against this group. [Para 53]
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:N/AContents:"The Council attaches considerable importance to coordination and cooperation with
all government agencies and to the support and participation of civil society organizations.
It gives particular attention to volunteer work and encourages the participation of ...
women,. [Para 4.6.1]" -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:NeglectedContents:… Ensure that female judges may serve and address the same jurisdictions as male judges. [Para 31; CAT] -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:MaldivesMaldivesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:AcceptedContents:Further strengthen the promotion of the rights of women and girls.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.
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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:CzechiaCzechiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:AcceptedContents:Take concrete steps to enhance women's awareness of their rights and guarantee and increase women's public and political participation.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 13) … A number of pieces of legislation have been enacted since submitting the second report in 2014, including the following: …
Amiri Decree No. 22 of 2017, by which four women were appointed to the Consultative Council;
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:TurkmenistanTurkmenistanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCISOICIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Consider acceding to the ICESCR.ExplanationQatar is considering acceding to the 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 … ICESCR.
Para 17) Joint Submission 4 (JS4) commended Qatar’s accession to the … 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:MontenegroMontenegroRegional groupEEGIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the OP-CRC-IC.ExplanationRegarding the recommendations calling for the immediate accession to several international conventions, Qatar had the political will to accede to many international human rights treaties. However, some temporary difficulties prevented it from doing so at present. Needless to say, the legislative bodies in Qatar were under pressure following the accession in a short period to many international and regional conventions in recent years, with shortages in technical capacities and human resources, which were still being developed ... -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:Reference AddressedContents:... CAT recommended that Qatar strengthen its efforts to prevent violence against women by, inter alia, establishing effective measures to guarantee the right of victims to complain; ensuring the accountability of all perpetrators by undertaking effective investigations into complaints, prosecuting perpetrators and punishing them with appropriate penalties; and ensuring that all victims were provided with adequate redress and reparation, including compensation and the means for as full rehabilitation as possible. [Para 29] -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:BrazilBrazilRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:RejectedContents:To consider re-examining reservations to CRC, CEDAW and CAT with a view to withdrawing them.ExplanationAs stated in the national report, in the past few years Qatar has instituted a policy on general reservations which has resulted in the State reviewing its general reservations to the human rights treaties to which it is a party.
The State withdrew its general reservation to the OP-CRC-SC and partially withdrew its general reservation to the CRC concerning any provisions that are incompatible with the Islamic sharia, applying it only to articles 2 and 14 of the Convention.
Moreover, when the State acceded to the CEDAW, it decided to forgo entirely the practice of entering general reservations and instead to confine its reservations to specific articles of the Convention and to provide an accompanying statement of reasons. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:VenezuelaVenezuelaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:AcceptedContents:To continue to intensify efforts with positive measures to ensure the effective promotion and protection of women's rights, in harmony with customs and traditional values of its society.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 49) ... The Qatar National Vision 2030 reaffirms the need to strengthen women's capacities and to empower them to participate in political and economic life and, in particular, in decision-making. The specific goals of the national population policy include the empowerment of women and the promotion of gender equity and justice and the executive plan includes specific executive programmes for the achievement of those goals.
Para 50) The establishment of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs represents an important shift in concern for the family in general and for women in particular. Whereas previously women's issues were considered only in terms of welfare and protection, since the establishment of the Council the concepts of women's empowerment and participation have emerged for the first time in dealing with those issues in Qatari society. The Council has played a key role in developing legislation relating to women including, for example, by contributing to the drafting of the Family Code, setting the minimum age for marriage, establishing the premarital medical examination policy, establishing the age to which mothers have custody of children as 13 years for boys and 15 years for girls, contributing to the drafting of the Housing Act and establishing the right of women to access the housing system. In addition, the Council has adopted a human rights perspective in dealing with issues relating to women, children, persons with disabilities and the elderly. It has contributed to spreading awareness of women's rights and issues through the implementation of numerous training courses, workshops, discussion panels and seminars and has contributed to strengthening scientific research on women's issues through conducting and publishing studies and research.
Para 55) Moreover, the Ministry of the Interior established the Committee for Women's Affairs by Ministerial decision No. 31 of 2010. The Committee is responsible for monitoring the situation of women in the Ministry and for the implementation of related public policies, for studying issues affecting women, for coordination with various governmental and non-governmental bodies with a view to achieving the objectives of the Qatar National Vision 2030, representing the Ministry at events and conferences, participating in the preparation of the Ministry's strategy for women and giving impetus to dialogue and communication with the agencies responsible for women's issues. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:N/AContents:The Second National Development Strategy 2018–2022 has been launched, accompanied by sectoral policies and strategies, including the following: ... National primary health-care strategy 2013–2018: This strategy aims to address future health challenges by pursuing eight goals: ... mothers [Para 21] -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:CroatiaCroatiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Adopt the Optional Protocol to the CEDAW.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:PortugalPortugalRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Adopt legislation protecting women and children from all forms of violence, including domestic violence and violence against expatriate women workers, as well as specific provisions protecting women and children with disabilities.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:FijiFijiRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Enable greater inclusion and participation of women, children, persons with disabilities and other marginalised communities in devising holistic strategies towards managing climate change and its impact on livelihoods.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:LibyaLibyaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Continue efforts to protect the rights of women and children and implement the strategies involved.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UruguayUruguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt the necessary measures to promote the rights of women and children and to prevent all forms of violence against them.