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State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:NeglectedContents:CEDAW was concerned about discrimination against indigenous women by health workers and recommended ensuring their access, without discrimination, to health, education, clean water, sanitation services and employment. [Para 84] -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:CanadaCanadaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
Type:RecommendationSession:5th session, May 2009Status:RejectedContents:Step up its efforts to make the community aware of the risks of HIV and establish a campaign to increase awareness among young people.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 14) In the sphere of health, a number of decisions have been taken, including ... free treatment for malaria and tuberculosis for children aged from 0 to 15 years, free screening for HIV and AIDS and case-management for seropositive persons and persons living with HIV or AIDS.
Para 15) Two major outpatient health centres have been established at Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, together with several other screening centres in other towns. Permanent information campaigns in the media and condom distribution in streets, hotels and at border posts by State agencies and NGOs are noteworthy activities. Thanks to these grass-roots activities, the disease is regressing in the country.
Para 44) Textbooks that integrate human rights into the Congolese education system are still being prepared. An encouraging sign of progress in this direction is the integration of efforts to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS in primary schools, secondary schools and lycees using publications such as "Learn about HIV and AIDS".
Para 122) Following an intense campaign in its favour, Act No. 30-2011, of 3 June 2011, on efforts to control HIV/AIDS and protection for people living with HIV was adopted by both houses of parliament (the National Assembly and the Senate) and promulgated by the President of the Republic. It has been in force since that date and implementing legislation is now being drafted.
Para 123) In the wake of the Act's introduction, numerous activities were organized to publicize the Act. An information handbook on HIV/AIDS control and protection of the rights of infected or affected persons, which was drafted with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), was approved in February 2013. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:MoroccoMoroccoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupOICALOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:5th session, May 2009Status:AcceptedContents:Take additional measures to strengthen the fight against discrimination against women.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 75) Currently, there is no provision under domestic legislation to define discrimination against women. However, the lack of a legal definition notwithstanding, efforts are being made to ensure that women are equal as regards ownership of property, access to employment and political activity. Women may own land through matrilineal or patrilineal filiation, through inheritance or by marriage.
Para 76) The Ministry for the Advancement of Women and the Integration of Women into Development has introduced a bill on the representation of women in political, administrative and elected positions. The Supreme Court has given a favourable opinion on the bill. Irrespective of the bill, Congolese women already play an active part in all sectors of public life.
UN Compilation:
Para 20) CEDAW and UNICEF welcomed the 2009-2013 National Gender Plan of Action ... -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:NetherlandsNetherlandsRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
Type:RecommendationSession:5th session, May 2009Status:AcceptedContents:Prohibit female genital mutilation.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 82) Female genital mutilation is prohibited in the Congo by article 62 of Act No. 4-2010 of 14 June 2010 on the protection of children in the Republic of the Congo. Campaigns to raise awareness about such practices are organized as part of the effort to combat sexual violence. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:ArgentinaArgentinaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Family planning
- Contraception
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:QuestionSession:5th session, May 2009Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:Las tasas muy elevadas de mortalidad materna e infantil en el Congo, la baja prevalencia del uso de anticonceptivos entre las mujeres y los hombres y la falta de acceso de la mujer a atención adecuada prenatal y posnatal, y a la información sobre planificación de la familia... La Argentina desea conocer qué medidas concretas se están implementando o se tiene pensado implementar para respetar el derecho de las mujeres a la salud, incluyendo la salud sexual y reproductiva. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:Outcome ReportIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Polygamy
Type:CommentSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:N/AContents:The Association of World Citizens ... expressed regret over the practices of polygamy and payment of a bride price, which were not prohibited by Congolese law. called attention to the importance of special national programmes, budgets, and wide education on gender-based violence, and noted the importance of bringing the perpetrators of sexual violence to justice. [Para 443] -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:Cote d'IvoireCote d'IvoireRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Consider acceding to the OP-CEDAW. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:CubaCubaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Continue working to improve the education system, in particular to expand access in rural areas and the continuity of girls’ studies. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:IcelandIcelandRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Sexual abuse
- Marginalized groups of women
- Marital rape
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt a comprehensive law punishing all forms of violence against women, including marital rape, female genital mutilation and sexual abuse and exploitation of women in prison and in conflict areas. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:MadagascarMadagascarRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Set up a strategy to fight sexual exploitation and violence towards children in particular girls. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Reference AddressedContents:UNESCO recommended that the Congo should continue its efforts to combat female genital mutilation, including through awareness-raising campaigns in schools. [Para 50] -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:CRC urged the Congo ... to ensure that undue payments, such as for late [birth] registration, were not imposed. [Para 62] -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:United KingdomUnited KingdomRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Empowerment of women
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Increase its efforts to ensure the full realisation of women's civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights by establishing national programmes to empower women's organisations and groups through the provision of technical and financial support and microcredit. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UruguayUruguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Gender equality
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Prioritize, with support from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the international community, the legislative reform to harmonize the national legislation with CEDAW, abrogate the discriminatory provisions in the Family Code, Penal Code and tax legislation in order to achieve legal equality and allow real equality for women, while adopting a general law on violence against women.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 61) Existing Congolese law provides that, “irrespective of any property derived from the dissolution of the marriage, the surviving spouse has property and usufruct rights over the main residence, the right to remain in occupation at that residence and, where applicable, the right to a survivor’s pension, annuity or portion of the death benefit”. Surviving spouses may not be declared unworthy to inherit for refusing to participate in customary mourning rituals. Cruelty to or maltreatment of a widow or widower at mourning ceremonies is punishable under the Criminal Code.
Para 62) The principle of spousal equality has been carried over into the draft personal and family code, which is in the process of being adopted. The draft also contains a number of new provisions. For instance, it stipulates that, “if none of the relatives of a deceased person is entitled to inherit, the surviving spouse receives the inheritance in full”. The new code will significantly mitigate the widely condemned effects of widowhood practices and even prohibit them in certain cases. The draft also stipulates, inter alia, that “a woman may not be considered as part of her deceased husband’s estate. Customary practices that require a widow to marry one of her deceased husband’s relatives are thus prohibited.” These practices are punishable under the draft Criminal Code.
Para 63) Customs and traditions that remove or restrict women’s right to occupy or acquire customary land or land in urban or peri-urban areas have been declared null and void.
UN Compilation:
Para 10) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) noted that a new Constitution had been promulgated on 6 November 2015. It had been adopted by referendum on 25 October 2015. This text … establishes the equality of men and women before the law.
Para 36) [CRC] was concerned about the unequal parental responsibilities of the mother and the father, ingrained in law and in practice.
Para 52) [CRC] expressed its concern about the widespread violence against children, particularly girls …
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 41) JS1 indicated that many children continued to be victims of physical violence or corporal punishment. Violence, especially sexual violence against girls, remained a major problem.
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State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:RomaniaRomaniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure the implementation of a free birth registration system, exempted from corruption, for all children without discrimination, throughout all the territory of the country.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 75) Studies have shown that more than 9 in 10 births (96 per cent) are entered in the civil registry. There is no difference in registration rates for the births of boys and girls. However, there is a large gap between urban areas (99 per cent) and rural areas (91 per cent). The Government conducts regular mobile civil registration campaigns to reduce this gap.
UN Compilation:
Para 16) CRC was concerned about … discrimination against children living in isolated, rural areas in the enjoyment of their rights, particularly regarding access … birth registration;
Para 68) … CRC … was also concerned that indigenous children continued to experience exclusion, violence and discriminatory practices in accessing their rights, including their rights to birth registration, …
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State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:EgyptEgyptRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Pursue efforts to provide educational opportunities for girls and boys with disabilities and strengthen adult literacy programmes, especially for women in rural areas.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 78) In the age group 12–24, more than 8 in 10 young women (84 per cent) and nearly 9 in 10 young men (89 per cent) are literate. Literacy rates are higher in urban areas (91 per cent of young women and 93 per cent of young men) than in rural areas (62 per cent of young women and 74 per cent of young men). For both young women and young men, higher literacy rates lead to significant increases in household socioeconomic status: the literacy rate is 49 per cent for young women from the poorest households versus 98 per cent for those from the wealthiest and 64 per cent for young men from the poorest households versus 98 per cent for those from the wealthiest.
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State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:NeglectedContents:CEDAW welcomed the 2009-2013 National Multisectoral Strategic Framework against HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections and the Programme for Prevention of Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV. It called on the Congo to ensure its effective implementation. [Para 23] -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:Reference AddressedContents:CEDAW recommended extending the national social security fund to informal sector workers, including women, and expanding women's access to microfinance and microcredit to engage in income-generating activities. [Para 69] -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:N/AContents:Recent studies have indicated that the proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered is high (81 per cent).
The organization of registration campaigns has made it possible to issue birth certificates for 1,475 indigenous children. [Paras 111 and 112] -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:CzechiaCzechiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
- Criminal laws on same-sex sexual practices
Type:RecommendationSession:5th session, May 2009Status:RejectedContents:Decriminalize same-sex sexual activity between consenting adults and adopt measures to promote tolerance in this regard, which would also facilitate more effective educational programmes for the prevention of HIV/AIDS. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:AlgeriaAlgeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:5th session, May 2009Status:AcceptedContents:Request the support of UN programmes and agencies to establish programmes and strategies for literacy and employment training in for women in order to improve their conditions and their participation in the development of the country.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 74) Programmes and strategies are developed in partnership with the United Nations. UNICEF is totally committed to such programmes, as described earlier in the replies to the recommendations on the rights of children to education and training. To attain this objective, a programme for 2014-2018 has recently been developed by UNICEF and the Republic of the Congo.
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State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:AustraliaAustraliaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Domestic violence
- "Adultery"
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Repeal laws that criminalise adultery and enact comprehensive legislation making domestic violence and all forms of human trafficking illegal.ExplanationNoted. L’adultère est condamné par les lois congolaises en tenant compte de l’environnement culturel. Sa décriminalisation ne devrait se faire qu’au terme d’une procédure impliquant l’ensemble de la population par voie référendaire. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:IndiaIndiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
- HIV and AIDS
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Improve health care facilities and follow-up treatment for infected mothers and infants to reduce the number of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis cases. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:DjiboutiDjiboutiRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Continue its policy to eliminate inequalities among men and women, taking the necessary measures to increase participation of women in the political and public life. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:BulgariaBulgariaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Empowerment of women
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Continue implementation of policies to encourage the sustainable economic empowerment of women, in particular in rural areas.