Women’s rights: UN Committee to review Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Fiji, and Marshall Islands

Friday 16 February 2018 10:36
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is meeting in Geneva from 19 February to 9 March 2018 to review women's rights in Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Fiji, and Marshall Islands in the South East Asia and South Pacific regions.

The above countries have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and are reviewed regularly by CEDAW on how they are implementing the Convention.

The Committee, which is composed of 23 international independent experts on women's rights, will hold dialogues with delegations from the respective governments and will also be briefed by NGOs and national human rights institutions.

The Committee's dialogues with the delegations will take place from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 18:00 (CET) at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Palais des Nations, in Room XVI on the following dates: Malaysia (20 February), Republic of Korea (22 February), Fiji (23 February), and Marshall Islands (2 March).

The expert panel will also review Chile (21 February), Saudi Arabia (27 February), Suriname (28 February), and Luxembourg (1 March).

Live webcasts of these meetings can be viewed at http://webtv.un.org/