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In this periodic report submitted by Iceland under Article 19 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment pursuant to the optional reporting procedure, Icelandic authorities reply to the list of issues previously addressed to them by the Committee aganst Torture (CAT).

In this periodic report submitted by Gabon under Article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Gabonese authorities reply to the recommendations previously addressed to them by the Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

This report to the Committee against Torture (CAT) examines Australia’s compliance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The report was intended to inform the Committee’s fifth review of Australia during its 53rd Session in November 2014.

In its concluding observations, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) asked South Africa to "take all measures necessary to protect the rights of human rights defenders" in a recommendation following the review of South Africa's first report to the Committee.

This document is the list of themes adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in its combined 14th-17th periodic reviews of the People's Republic of China.

This submission of Chinese Human Rights Defenders suggests a list of themes for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to consider in its review of the People's Republic of China.

In this submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), ISHR presents a report addressing the challenges to implementation of China’s treaty obligations in the areas of:

1. The situation of civil society organisations in China and restrictions on their activities;
2. The development of the legal profession in China and challenges to its independence; and
3. Reprisals against defenders for engagement with the UN.

This document is a list of the disappeared persons with regard to whom the Committee has requested a State party to take action, in application of Article 30 of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons against Enforced Disappearance.

The present report provides an overview of the current working methods of eight of the ten human rights Treaty Bodies (CERD; CESCR; CCPR; CEDAW; CAT; CRC; CMW; CRPD). The report is confined to the working methods of the Treaty Bodies with respect to the reporting process. Consequently, it does not consider the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT), which is mandated to set up a system of regular visits to places where people are deprived of their liberty.

In this report, the Committee against Torture (CAT) considered the special report of Burundi and adopted conclusions and recommendations regarding the practice of torture in the country. The Committee seized the opportunity of this review to point out alarming practices of Burundian authorities.