UN treaty body reviews (caste-affected countries of concern) in chronological order
 

UN treaty body reviews in 2007:

15 January – 2 February 2007: Committee of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CEDAW), 37^th session

Examination of INDIA on 18 January 2007 (New York):

• NGO alternative report by Tamil Nadu Women's Forum

• Concluding Comments

• UN news release

19 February – 9 March 2007: Committee of the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), 70^th session

Examination of INDIA on 23 and 26 February 2007 (Geneva):

• Joint press statement by Human Rights Watch, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice and International Dalit Solidarity Network, (including a fact sheet with key quotes and statements by the Indian government and Committee members at the CERD hearings) and report: India's Hidden Apartheid

• NCDHR alternative report

• Tsunami report commissioned by Dalit Network Netherlands

• Press statement by the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights

• Concluding Observations by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

• United Nations press release on the CERD reveiw of India

• NGO shadow reports on India submitted to ICERD

• Civil society statements and reflections on CERD's review of India's periodic report

30 April – 18 May 2007: Committee of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), 38^th session

Examination of NEPAL on 1 and 2 May 2007 (Geneva):

• NGO alternative report by Human Rights Treaty Monitoring Committee (HRTMCC)

• Concluding Observations

21-25 May 2007: CESCR Pre-sessional Working Group

Drafting of List of Issues for the examination of INDIA (in April-May 2008) (Geneva).

14 May – 1 June 2007: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), 38^th session

Examination of PAKISTAN on 22 May 2007 (New York):

• State report and list of issues

• Concluding Observations

UN treaty body reviews in 2008:

7-8 May 2008: Committee of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), 40^th session

Examination of INDIA before CESCR (Geneva):

• Link to CESCR website with access to the Government of India's state report, List of Issues and other NGO reports

• NCDHR Alternate Report on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in India

• Read a summary of the examination of India

• Read the Concluding Observations

30 June - 18 July 2008: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), ^41st session

Examination of YEMEN before CEDAW (Geneva):

• Link to website (link to state report and list of issues)

13-31 October 2008: Human Rights Committee, 94th session

Examination of JAPAN (Geneva):

• Link to website and state report

UN treaty body reviews in 2009:

Committee of the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Examination of PAKISTAN at 74th CERD session (to be confirmed) in February 2009

• Link to website state report

Examination of NEPAL (not yet on the list of countries, but there is a possibility that it will be examined in 2009)

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Examination of PAKISTAN at the 52nd CRC session (September/October 2009)

• Link to website and state report

Examination of INDIA before CRC (not yet on the list of countries, but there is a possibility that it will be examined in 2009)