Guidelines for National Periodic Reports

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These Guidelines were adopted at the Fifth Ordinary Session of the Commission, in April 1989, and were attached to the Commission's Second Annual Activity Report 1988-1989.?

They contain:

  • an introduction
  • General guidelines regarding the form and contents of reports from states on civil and political rights
  • General guidelines regarding the form and contents of reports on economic and social rights (including right to health and right to education)
  • General guidelines regarding the form and contents of reports to be submitted on the peoples’ rights - Articles 19 to 24 of the Charter
  • General guidelines regarding the form and contents of reports to be submitted on specific duties under the Charter
  • General guidelines concerning the form and contents of reports by states parties on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination
  • General guidelines regarding the form and contents of reports to be submitted by states parties on the suppression and punishment of the crime of apartheid
  • General guidelines regarding the form and contents of reports received from states parties on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women
sw Ratification Table:
Member StateDate DepositedDate RatificationDate Signature