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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:MontenegroMontenegroRegional groupEEGIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the ICCPR.ExplanationQatar is considering acceding to the ICCPR.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 12) Since submitting its second national report to the universal periodic review mechanism, Qatar has acceded to a number of instruments: … • ICCPR, under Decree No. 40 of 2018;
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 2) The State has also acceded to the ICCPR …
Para 17) Joint Submission 4 (JS4) commended Qatar’s accession to the ICCPR … in 2018.
Para 18) AI expressed concern over the government’s sweeping reservations. Through lodging these reservations, Qatar has refused to fully recognize equal rights for women, including in matters of personal status laws, and has also stated that it will interpret the term “punishment” in line with the Islamic Shari’a.
Para 21) JS4 also stated that the sweeping reservations made to ICCPR and ICESCR in respect to gender equality and declarations that appear to undermine the object and purpose of the Covenants, were regrettable, and that the gaps in domestic law and policy and the challenges that many individuals and groups faced in relation to their right to a nationality, detailed below, were all in clear violation of the international obligations of Qatar.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:MexicoMexicoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Amend the legislation to eliminate discrimination against women with respect to the transmission of nationality to their children and the registration of civil acts.ExplanationNoted.ImplementationStakeholder Summary:
Para 28) According to AI, laws that discriminate against women came particularly to the fore in the context of the Gulf crisis that began in June 2017, when some governments severely restricted ties with Qatar as part of a political dispute. In line with citizenship and family laws across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the children of Qatari mothers and non-Qatari fathers are not automatically entitled to citizenship. So when some countries called their nationals back from Qatar and prevented Qatari nationals from entering their territory many families were split up.
Para 51) ODVV stated that Qatar women faced discrimination in law and practice, and that personal status laws continued to discriminate against women in relation to marriage, divorce, inheritance, child custody, nationality and freedom of movement.
Para 52) AI stated that in Qatar, women continued to face discrimination in law and practice. Family law discriminates against women, including by making it much harder for women to seek a divorce than for men, and placing women at a severe economic disadvantage if they seek a divorce or if their husbands leave them.
Para 66) AI informed that in September 2018, Law no. 11 of 2018 was issued, which allows for children of Qatari women married to non-Qataris to acquire permanent residency, although they are not able to pass on their nationality and citizenship to their children. AI said that women were not adequately protected against violence within the family.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:N/AContents:National Health Strategy 2011-2016: The National Health Strategy aims to introduce changes to the health-care system and to provide effective and affordable world-class comprehensive health care for all, taking into account the different needs of men, women and children. The strategy includes 35 projects. [Para 21] -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Bosnia & HerzegovinaBosnia & HerzegovinaRegional groupEEGIssue:
- Gender equality
- Empowerment of women
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:AcceptedContents:To continue efforts to promote gender equality and empower the position of women.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 20) Family Cohesion and Empowerment of Women Strategy 2011-2016: This strategy is one of the 14 component sectoral strategies of the National Development Strategy and comes under the umbrella of social development. Responsibility for the launch and follow-up to this strategy has been assigned to the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, in coordination with founding partners. The three main themes of the strategy [include] ... the empowerment of women.
Para 32) As part of outreach activities to protect women and children, the Qatar Foundation for the Protection of Women and Children has continued to combat discrimination against women by promoting a culture of women's rights and equality of opportunity. It has done so through a number of programmes, including by: Preparing, publishing and distributing brochures and leaflets on the promotion of a culture that protects women's rights ...
Para 49) ... The Qatar National Vision 2030 reaffirms the need to strengthen women's capacities and to empower them to participate in political and economic life and, in particular, in decision-making. The specific goals of the national population policy include the empowerment of women and the promotion of gender equity and justice and the executive plan includes specific executive programmes for the achievement of those goals.
Para 50) The establishment of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs represents an important shift in concern for the family in general and for women in particular. Whereas previously women's issues were considered only in terms of welfare and protection, since the establishment of the Council the concepts of women's empowerment and participation have emerged for the first time in dealing with those issues in Qatari society. The Council has played a key role in developing legislation relating to women including, for example, by contributing to the drafting of the Family Code, setting the minimum age for marriage, establishing the premarital medical examination policy, establishing the age to which mothers have custody of children as 13 years for boys and 15 years for girls, contributing to the drafting of the Housing Act and establishing the right of women to access the housing system. In addition, the Council has adopted a human rights perspective in dealing with issues relating to women, children, persons with disabilities and the elderly. It has contributed to spreading awareness of women's rights and issues through the implementation of numerous training courses, workshops, discussion panels and seminars and has contributed to strengthening scientific research on women's issues through conducting and publishing studies and research.
Para 55) Moreover, the Ministry of the Interior established the Committee for Women's Affairs by Ministerial decision No. 31 of 2010. The Committee is responsible for monitoring the situation of women in the Ministry and for the implementation of related public policies, for studying issues affecting women, for coordination with various governmental and non-governmental bodies with a view to achieving the objectives of the Qatar National Vision 2030, representing the Ministry at events and conferences, participating in the preparation of the Ministry's strategy for women and giving impetus to dialogue and communication with the agencies responsible for women's issues. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:AzerbaijanAzerbaijanRegional groupEEGPolitical groupOICCISIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
Type:CommentSession:7th session, February 2010Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:Azerbaijan appreciated achievements in ... reducing maternal and infant mortality... -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:AustriaAustriaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Withdraw reservations to ICCPR, ICESCR and CEDAW.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:CyprusCyprusRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupEUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ensure that Qatari women have the same rights as men to pass on their nationality to their children.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Russian FederationRussian FederationRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Review its national legislation in order to fully comply with the CEDAW.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:IraqIraqRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Launch awareness campaigns to put an end to all forms of domestic violence.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SyriaSyriaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt laws to counter violence against women.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:BangladeshBangladeshRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Continue its efforts to ensure even more participation of women in leadership roles.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Reference AddressedContents:CEDAW recommended that Qatar clarify the status of the CEDAW in its domestic legal order and ensure the precedence of its provisions over national laws in cases of conflict. It also recommended that national laws be applied and interpreted in conformity with the provisions of the Convention. [Para 10]
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:Review DocumentationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:In the light of target 5.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals on eliminating all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation, the CRC urged Qatar to establish a comprehensive domestic violence protection system, as envisaged in the State party’s National Development Strategy 2011–2016. [Para 43]
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:N/AContents:"The fundamental human rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution have been promoted through the enactment of a number of national laws, including the following: Act No. 22 of 2006 promulgating the Family Code. [Para 4.5.2]" -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual abuse
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- Sexual violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:Reference AddressedContents:CRC also recommended that Qatar: strengthen appropriate legislative measures to address the issues of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation; take appropriate measures to ensure the prompt prosecution of perpetrators of sexual offences against children; ensure that child victims of sexual exploitation or abuse have access to free, child sensitive complaints mechanisms and are not criminalized or penalized; and consider launching a national communication strategy to combat all types of sexual exploitation of children. [Para 28] -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:MaldivesMaldivesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:AcceptedContents:Further strengthen the promotion of the rights of women and girls.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 27) The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs was brought into being pursuant to Amiri Decree No. 4 of 2016. The Ministry includes the Family Affairs Department, which is the competent authority for all matters pertaining to women and seeks to enhance the status and role of women in society and to maintain strong and cohesive families in which children are cared for and which abide by sound moral and religious values. The Family Affairs Department also helps to enact national strategies, plans and policies related to women, to provide social welfare and to develop and follow up on social development programmes, in coordination with the competent authorities.
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Para 18) AI expressed concern over the government’s sweeping reservations. Through lodging these reservations, Qatar has refused to fully recognize equal rights for women, including in matters of personal status laws, and has also stated that it will interpret the term “punishment” in line with the Islamic Shari’a.
Para 21) JS4 also stated that the sweeping reservations made to ICCPR and ICESCRs in respect to gender equality and declarations that appear to undermine the object and purpose of the Covenants, were regrettable, and that the gaps in domestic law and policy and the challenges that many individuals and groups faced in relation to their right to a nationality, detailed below, were all in clear violation of the international obligations of Qatar.
Para 28) According to AI, laws that discriminate against women came particularly to the fore in the context of the Gulf crisis that began in June 2017, when some governments severely restricted ties with Qatar as part of a political dispute. In line with citizenship and family laws across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the children of Qatari mothers and non-Qatari fathers are not automatically entitled to citizenship. So when some countries called their nationals back from Qatar and prevented Qatari nationals from entering their territory many families were split up.
Para 51) ODVV stated that Qatar women faced discrimination in law and practice, and that personal status laws continued to discriminate against women in relation to marriage, divorce, inheritance, child custody, nationality and freedom of movement.
Para 52) AI stated that in Qatar, women continued to face discrimination in law and practice. Family law discriminates against women, including by making it much harder for women to seek a divorce than for men, and placing women at a severe economic disadvantage if they seek a divorce or if their husbands leave them.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:CzechiaCzechiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:AcceptedContents:Take concrete steps to enhance women's awareness of their rights and guarantee and increase women's public and political participation.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 13) … A number of pieces of legislation have been enacted since submitting the second report in 2014, including the following: …
Amiri Decree No. 22 of 2017, by which four women were appointed to the Consultative Council;
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:TurkmenistanTurkmenistanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCISOICIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Consider acceding to the ICESCR.ExplanationQatar is considering acceding to the ICESCR.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 12) Since submitting its second national report to the universal periodic review mechanism, Qatar has acceded to a number of instruments: … • ICCPR, under Decree No. 40 of 2018; • ICESCR, under Decree No. 41 of 2018;
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 2) The State has also acceded to the … ICESCR.
Para 17) Joint Submission 4 (JS4) commended Qatar’s accession to the … ICESCR) in 2018.
Para 18) AI expressed concern over the government’s sweeping reservations. Through lodging these reservations, Qatar has refused to fully recognize equal rights for women, including in matters of personal status laws, and has also stated that it will interpret the term “punishment” in line with the Islamic Shari’a.
Para 21) JS4 also stated that the sweeping reservations made to ICCPR and ICESCRs in respect to gender equality and declarations that appear to undermine the object and purpose of the Covenants, were regrettable, and that the gaps in domestic law and policy and the challenges that many individuals and groups faced in relation to their right to a nationality, detailed below, were all in clear violation of the international obligations of Qatar.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:MontenegroMontenegroRegional groupEEGIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the OP-CRC-IC.ExplanationRegarding the recommendations calling for the immediate accession to several international conventions, Qatar had the political will to accede to many international human rights treaties. However, some temporary difficulties prevented it from doing so at present. Needless to say, the legislative bodies in Qatar were under pressure following the accession in a short period to many international and regional conventions in recent years, with shortages in technical capacities and human resources, which were still being developed ... -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:19th session, May 2014Status:Reference AddressedContents:... CAT recommended that Qatar strengthen its efforts to prevent violence against women by, inter alia, establishing effective measures to guarantee the right of victims to complain; ensuring the accountability of all perpetrators by undertaking effective investigations into complaints, prosecuting perpetrators and punishing them with appropriate penalties; and ensuring that all victims were provided with adequate redress and reparation, including compensation and the means for as full rehabilitation as possible. [Para 29] -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SwedenSwedenRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Criminal laws on same-sex sexual practices
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:RejectedContents:To ensure that LGBT persons are not discriminated against and, as an immediate step, to amend the provisions of the penal code criminalizing consensual sexual activity among persons of the same sex and to ensure that no one is punished for such activity under Sharia law. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:NeglectedContents:Qatar is a country of destination for trafficked women, who are forced into prostitution and other forms of sexual exploitation. [Para 26; SR on trafficking] -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:YemenYemenRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:AcceptedContents:To continue its efforts to ensure the civil and political rights of women.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 49) ... The Qatar National Vision 2030 reaffirms the need to strengthen women's capacities and to empower them to participate in political and economic life and, in particular, in decision-making. The specific goals of the national population policy include the empowerment of women and the promotion of gender equity and justice and the executive plan includes specific executive programmes for the achievement of those goals.
Para 51) ... Since the first round of Municipal Council elections in 1999 and up to the 2011 elections, Qatari women have participated vigorously as voters and as candidates ...
Para 54) ... The first female judge was appointed to the Court of First Instance by an Amiri Decree issued in November 2010. In March of the same year, a woman was appointed as a judicial assistant.
Para 55) Moreover, the Ministry of the Interior established the Committee for Women's Affairs by Ministerial decision No. 31 of 2010. The Committee is responsible for monitoring the situation of women in the Ministry and for the implementation of related public policies, for studying issues affecting women, for coordination with various governmental and non-governmental bodies with a view to achieving the objectives of the Qatar National Vision 2030, representing the Ministry at events and conferences, participating in the preparation of the Ministry's strategy for women and giving impetus to dialogue and communication with the agencies responsible for women's issues.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 9) NHRC warned that women's participation in the decision-making process is still limited, in particular with regards to their participation in the Parliament. There are currently no female representatives in The Shura Council (the legislative branch) as the current law only authorizes nomination of males. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:RejectedContents:To sign and ratify OP-CEDAW, OP-CRPD...ExplanationAs indicated in the national report, the State has acceded to several international and regional human rights treaties in recent years as part of its efforts to strengthen the legislative machinery for human rights.
There is political support in Qatar for accession to several international treaties, as the State is convinced of the importance of these treaties for the promotion and protection of human rights. However, owing to a shortage of human and technical resources, it is not possible to accede to any additional treaties at the present time.
The State's accession to a number of international treaties in a short space of time has placed considerable pressure on the legislative authorities in Qatar, given the shortage of technical and human resources. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:ChadChadRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the OP-CRPD.
ExplanationNoted.