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State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:AustraliaAustraliaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:9th session, November 2010Status:AcceptedContents:Become a party to the CRPD.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 114) Although we have not ratified any new human rights treaties since our last Report, we have taken steps to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The United States signed the CRPD in 2009 and transmitted it to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification in 2012. The Administration continues to support ratification of the CRPD with the reservations, understandings, and declarations included in the resolution of advice and consent passed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:9th session, November 2010Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the core human rights treaties, particularly the CRC, ICESCR, CEDAW and its OP, CRPD with its OP...ExplanationWe support the parts of these recommendations asking us to ratify those treaties, identified above, of which the Administration is most committed to pursuing ratification. We cannot support the other portions. Nor can we support "without reservations" in 1.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 114) Although we have not ratified any new human rights treaties since our last Report, we have taken steps to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The United States signed the CRPD in 2009 and transmitted it to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification in 2012. The Administration continues to support ratification of the CRPD with the reservations, understandings, and declarations included in the resolution of advice and consent passed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Para 115) We support ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and have designated CEDAW as a priority among multilateral treaties for ratification. The United States signed CEDAW in 1979, and the President transmitted it to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification in 1980. The principles endorsed in CEDAW are consistent with our domestic and foreign policy objectives and are strongly supported in federal and state law. -
State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:9th session, November 2010Status:Reference AddressedContents:"The HR Committee observed that the State should take all steps necessary to ensure
the equality of women before the law and effective protection against discrimination on the
ground of sex, particularly in employment. [Para 18]" -
State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:MauritiusMauritiusRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:22nd session, May 2015Status:AcceptedContents:Consider ratifying the CEDAW, the ICESCR ...ExplanationWe support recommendations urging deliberative actions on treaties or domestic institutions, such as that we "consider" them. We support recommendations asking us to ratify CEDAW ...ImplementationNational Report:
Para 9) Among the treaties signed and submitted to the Senate by the President, but not ratified, are: ... and the CEDAW (submitted November 12, 1980). The United States has signed the ICESCR ..., but the President has not transmitted them to the U.S. Senate for its advice and consent.
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Para 2) The Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice noted that in the framework of the universal periodic review of 2010 and 2015, the United States of America committed to ratify the CEDAW but had not yet done so. -
State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:GhanaGhanaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:22nd session, May 2015Status:Partially AcceptedContents:Ratify the CRC, the CRPD, the CEDAW ...ExplanationWe support recommendations asking us to ratify CEDAW, CRPD ...
We support recommendations asking us to ratify the CRC, as we support its goals and intend to review how we could move toward its ratificationImplementationNational Report:
Para 9) Among the treaties signed and submitted to the Senate by the President, but not ratified, are: the CRPD (submitted May 17, 2012; … and the CEDAW (submitted November 12, 1980). The United States has signed ... the CRC, but the President has not transmitted them to the U.S. Senate for its advice and consent.
UN Compilation:
Para 2) The Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice noted that in the framework of the universal periodic review of 2010 and 2015, the United States of America committed to ratify the CEDAW but had not yet done so. Three Special Rapporteurs noted that the United States was the only State that had not ratified the CRC.
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State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:LebanonLebanonRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:22nd session, May 2015Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the CEDAW.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 9) Among the treaties signed and submitted to the Senate by the President, but not ratified, are: ... the CEDAW (submitted November 12, 1980).
UN Compilation:
Para 2) The Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice noted that in the framework of the universal periodic review of 2010 and 2015, the United States of America committed to ratify the CEDAW but had not yet done so.
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State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:FijiFijiRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:22nd session, May 2015Status:Partially AcceptedContents:... Ratify without any further delay the CRC.ExplanationWe support recommendations asking us to ratify the CRC, as we support its goals and intend to review how we could move toward its ratification.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 9) ...The United States has signed ... the CRC, but the President has not transmitted them to the U.S. Senate for its advice and consent.
UN Compilation:
Para 2) ... Three Special Rapporteurs noted that the United States was the only State that had not ratified the CRC. -
State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:GhanaGhanaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:22nd session, May 2015Status:AcceptedContents:... Institute measures to ensure women are paid equally as men for the same work.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 68) Wage discrimination based on sex is illegal under the Equal Pay Act of 1963, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended. The National Security Strategy of the United States clearly identifies women’s equality and empowerment worldwide as integral to our national security and a priority for the United States. We believe that investing in women’s economic empowerment has a cascading effect for women, men, families, and communities, and is a key component to our national security approach.
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Para 67) The Working Group [on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice] noted that discrimination against women in employment continued. Neither federal nor state equal pay laws required equal pay for work of equal value. The gender wage gap was 21 per cent. African-American, Native American and Hispanic women had the lowest earnings.
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Para 83) JS12 stated that women still faced a significant gender wage gap. JS50 observed that progress to close the gender pay gap was extremely slow and that for women of colour the rate of change was slower.
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State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:Trinidad & TobagoTrinidad & TobagoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASACSCommonwealthIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:RecommendationSession:22nd session, May 2015Status:AcceptedContents:Prioritize the implementation of a plan of action to combat the sale of children and child prostitution.ExplanationWe prioritize combating sex trafficking of minors and human trafficking generally, including through the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, scheduled for release in 2016, and the Attorney General's annual human trafficking report, which features recommendations for improvement in combating trafficking. The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, enacted in May 2015, authorizes the Attorney General to implement and maintain a National Strategy for Combating Human Trafficking.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 42) The U. S. Government is actively engaged in activities to combat human trafficking in all its forms, including sex and labor trafficking through the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. President Trump has signed nine pieces of anti-trafficking legislation into law, including the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017, the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 and the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017.
Para 43) The President honored the 20th Anniversary of the landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) at a White House Summit on Human Trafficking on January 31, 2020. During the Summit, the President signed the Executive Order on Combating Human Trafficking and Online Child Exploitation in the United States Strengthening Federal Responsiveness to Human Trafficking.
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Para 48) … JS18 stated that young girls coerced into sex trafficking were often treated as perpetrators rather than victims and faced unnecessary prison sentences.
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State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:22nd session, May 2015Status:NeglectedContents:... EN recommended amending the Immigration and Nationality Act and all other relevant provisions so that men and women could transfer their nationality to their children on an equal basis. [Para 34] -
State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:22nd session, May 2015Status:Reference AddressedContents:In 2011, the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography recommended the ratification of the CRC. The Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation recommended that the United States of America ratify ICESCR and the OP thereto, as well as the other core international human rights treaties it had not ratified to date. In 2013, the CRC recommended that the United States ratify OP-CRC-IC ... CERD also encouraged ratification of ICESCR, CEDAW, CRC, ICRMW and CRPD ... [Para 1] -
State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:ThailandThailandRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANIssue:
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:9th session, November 2010Status:AcceptedContents:Redouble its efforts to address sexual violence in correction and detention facilities as well as to address the problem of prison conditions, with a view to preserving the rights and dignity of all those deprived of their liberty.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 44) In 2012, we issued regulations implementing the Prison Rape Elimination Act to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse in federal, state, and local confinement facilities. These regulations include greater protections for juvenile offenders in adult facilities; new restrictions on cross-gender observation and searches; minimum staffing ratios in juvenile facilities; expanded medical and mental health care, including reproductive health care, for victims of prison rape; greater protections for LGBT and gender non-conforming inmates; and independent audits of all covered facilities.
Para 45) States must certify that all facilities under their operational control, including facilities run by private entities on behalf of the state, fully comply with these regulations; if they do not, they lose certain federal funding unless they pledge to devote that funding to compliance. Six states and one U.S. territory have been subjected to a five percent reduction in federal funding after declining to provide an assurance or certification of compliance. -
State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:KenyaKenyaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:36th Session, November 2020Status:Partially AcceptedContents:Ratify the CEDAW, the CRC, the CRPD among other critical international conventions.
ExplanationWe support the parts of these recommendations asking us to ratify treaties, identified above, of which the Administration is strongly committed to pursuing ratification, and those urging deliberative treaty actions.
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State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:NepalNepalRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:36th Session, November 2020Status:AcceptedContents:Consider ratification of core international human rights instruments, including the CEDAW and the CRC.
ExplanationWe support recommendations urging deliberative actions on treaties, such as that we “consider” ratifying them. We support recommendations asking us to ratify CEDAW, CRPD, and ILO Convention 111. We also support recommendations to ratify the CRC, as we support its goals and intend to review how we could move toward its ratification. We understand recommendations urging that we immediately ratify or accelerate ratification of certain treaties as not intended to prejudice appropriate consideration of them in accordance with constitutional procedures.
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State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:RwandaRwandaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:36th Session, November 2020Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the CRC.
ExplanationWe support recommendations urging deliberative actions on treaties, such as that we “consider” ratifying them. We support recommendations asking us to ratify CEDAW, CRPD, and ILO Convention 111. We also support recommendations to ratify the CRC, as we support its goals and intend to review how we could move toward its ratification. We understand recommendations urging that we immediately ratify or accelerate ratification of certain treaties as not intended to prejudice appropriate consideration of them in accordance with constitutional procedures.
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State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:MalaysiaMalaysiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:RecommendationSession:36th Session, November 2020Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health information, education and services for all.
ExplanationIt is the policy of the U.S. to support women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights in the U.S., as well as globally. On January 28, 2021, the President issued a “Memorandum on Protecting Women’s Health at Home and Abroad,” which revoked the January 23, 2017 Presidential Memorandum on the “Mexico City Policy,” thereby rescinding the prior policy. As relevant to 304, this Memorandum also directed a review of the Title X family planning program and any other regulations governing the Title X program that impose undue restrictions on the use of federal funds for women’s access to complete medical information.
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State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:MontenegroMontenegroRegional groupEEGIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:36th Session, November 2020Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen further the existing non-discriminatory, inclusive and integrated approach to work, to ensure women's equality and the promotion and protection of these rights.
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State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Contraception
- Adolescent pregnancy
Type:Review DocumentationSession:36th Session, November 2020Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:Noting with concern the high rate of teenage pregnancy, the same Working Group recommended making contraception available and accessible at no cost, particularly for teenagers, with a view to combating teenage pregnancy. [Para 60]
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State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:GhanaGhanaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:9th session, November 2010Status:RejectedContents:Ratify ICESCR. -
State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Contraception
- Abortion
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:36th Session, November 2020Status:Reference AddressedContents:The Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice recommended ensuring that women could exercise their constitutional right to choose to terminate a pregnancy in the first trimester and that the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act regarding insured access to contraceptives were universally enforced. It also recommended disallowing conscientious objection by healthcare personnel, providers and insurers to performing procedures to which women were legally entitled and for which there was no easily accessible, affordable and immediate alternative health provider. [Para 59]
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State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:AustraliaAustraliaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:9th session, November 2010Status:AcceptedContents:Become a party to CEDAW.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 115) We support ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and have designated CEDAW as a priority among multilateral treaties for ratification. The United States signed CEDAW in 1979, and the President transmitted it to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification in 1980. The principles endorsed in CEDAW are consistent with our domestic and foreign policy objectives and are strongly supported in federal and state law. -
State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:IranIranRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:9th session, November 2010Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Accede to ICESCR, the CRC and ILO convention No. 111ExplanationWe support the parts of these recommendations asking us to ratify those treaties, identified above, of which the Administration is most committed to pursuing ratification. We cannot support the other portions. -
State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
Type:Review DocumentationSession:9th session, November 2010Status:NeglectedContents:"JS-10 noted that in state and federal law, the terms “family,” “parent,” and “spouse”
commonly exclude LGBT families. JS-10 recommended prohibiting discrimination
against LGBT parents in adoption. [Para 52]" -
State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:Cape VerdeCape VerdeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:22nd session, May 2015Status:Partially AcceptedContents:Ratify in due course instruments such as the ... CRC and the ICESCR ...ExplanationWe support recommendations asking us to ratify the CRC, as we support its goals and intend to review how we could move toward its ratification.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 9) ... The United States has signed the ICESCR and the CRC, but the President has not transmitted them to the U.S. Senate for its advice and consent.
UN Compilation:
Para 2) ... Three Special Rapporteurs noted that the United States was the only State that had not ratified the CRC.
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State Under Review:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASSource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:22nd session, May 2015Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify CEDAW.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 9) Among the treaties signed and submitted to the Senate by the President, but not ratified, are: ... the CEDAW (submitted November 12, 1980).
UN Compilation:
Para 2) The Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice noted that in the framework of the universal periodic review of 2010 and 2015, the United States of America committed to ratify the CEDAW but had not yet done so.