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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SloveniaSloveniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:AcceptedContents:To consider ratifying two core United Nations human rights instruments, namely the ICCPR and ICESCR.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 39) ... Qatar has formed a committee to consider accession to the ICESCR. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:IranIranRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICIssue:
- Inappropriate content
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:AcceptedContents:To continue its efforts to further strengthen the foundations of the family and its associated values among society.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 19) Overall Family Strategy 2010: The Overall Family Strategy aims to empower, protect and ensure the welfare of the family and family members. It consists of eight main themes, namely: affirmation of the Arab and Islamic identity of the family; promotion of the status of the family in society; dissemination of education, including within the family; eradication of illiteracy; family health care and improvement of the available preventive and therapeutic services; improvement of family living conditions; promotion of cultural values in the family; development of the scientific and technological potential of the family; broadening the participation of family members in decision-making; and protection of the family against all forms of exploitation and violence.
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 are family cohesion, family welfare and the empowerment of women.
Para 61) Since the submission of the initial report, the Council has established a number of institutions for the family, children, women, persons with disabilities and the elderly and has implemented numerous activities and programmes including, by way of example, the following: ...
- Implementation by the Council of an annual programme bringing together experts and others concerned with issues related to the family at which the problems and challenges facing the family in Qatar are addressed. The first meeting, entitled "Curbing divorce in Qatar: policy proposals", was held in April 2011 and was followed by the second meeting of experts, entitled "Family counselling services in Qatar: challenges and goals", in April 2012. The third meeting, entitled "Towards achieving work-life balance for women", was held in April 2013;
- Celebration of National Family Day on 15 April every year, as established by the Council of Ministers at its first ordinary session on 5 January 2011. Numerous meetings and seminars are held to mark the day at which issues pertaining to the family and family counselling services are discussed, in addition to social phenomena relating to the family;
- Preparation of a guide for welfare and protection service providers in order to enhance the role of the family, to protect the family and to empower individual family members by means of access to those services, and also to enhance the role of service providers by highlighting the services and the activities that they offer;
- Publication in 2013 by the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the Family Counselling Centre, the Qatari Foundation for the Protection of Women and Children (Al-Aman), the Social Rehabilitation Centre (Al-Uwayn), the Qatari Foundation for the Elderly (Al- Ihsan), the Shafallah Centre for Children with Special Needs and the Cultural Centre for Childhood of a report, entitled "The family from the perspective of social protection and welfare institutions". The report reviews and assesses the situation of families in particular circumstances (such as families caring for the elderly or the young or for persons with disabilities, low-income families, family members from broken homes and victims of domestic violence) and other categories targeted by welfare and social protection programmes in terms of the services provided to them. In addition, the report highlights the need to develop policies, to lobby and to develop relevant statistics and indicators to keep pace with policymaking and planning needs. The report is aimed at decision makers and programme planners working in government agencies, civil society institutions, universities and scientific research centres, regional and international organizations, the media and interested members of the community. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SloveniaSloveniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Sexual abuse
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:AcceptedContents:To implement the recommendations of the CRC Committee contained in paragraph 65 of document CRC/C/QAT/CO/2 (pertaining to sexual abuse and exploitation).ImplementationNational Report:
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: ... Holding seminars, workshops and conducting campaigns to combat sexual violence against women and to raise the awareness of women and society in order to address and tackle anomalous practices, in addition to developing the legal and procedural systems in order to ensure that women enjoy comprehensive, integrated protection. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Other
Type:Review DocumentationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:N/AContents:In addition to the foregoing, many new pieces of general legislation contain independent provisions guaranteeing the rights of persons with disabilities. They include Act No. 15 of 2016 promulgating the Civil Service Human Resources Act and Council of Ministers Decree No. 32 of 2016 promulgating the implementing regulations of that Act. For example, article 74 of the Act grants female workers leave with full pay to care for a child with a disability or a child suffering from a condition necessitating accompaniment by the mother. [Para 61] -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:TurkeyTurkeyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOICIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:AcceptedContents:To continue to empower the status and participation of women in social and business spheres.ImplementationNational Report:
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. Recently, it has been noted that a number of women have joined the boards of publicly traded companies, in some cases as chairpersons. In a similar vein, women are participating more actively in the elections of the board of the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry; the list of candidates includes four women entrepreneurs, for the first time in its history.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:AustraliaAustraliaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Right to marry
- Intersex persons' rights
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Develop and implement anti-discrimination laws and government policies to address discrimination, particularly against individuals within the LGBTI community and women, including through improving access to marriage, divorce and child custody rights.
ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:NeglectedContents:Take more proactive measures to address discriminatory advertising and hiring practices, such as awareness raising to eliminate stereotyped assumptions by employers of women's and men's suitability for certain jobs. [Para 14; ILO Committee] -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:RomaniaRomaniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Strengthen the protection of women and children from all forms of violence through the adoption of adequate legislative measures.
ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:IraqIraqRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Take additional efforts to ensure equality between boys and girls in their access to education.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:MozambiqueMozambiqueRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Improve policies against women and girls’ discrimination.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:AfghanistanAfghanistanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Consider adopting specific legislation to end all forms of violence against woman, including laws combatting and criminalising domestic violence.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:ChileChileRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt measures with practical or substantial impact for the equality of women and men in political life, decision-making bodies and the private sector.
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
Type:Review DocumentationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:The Committee against Torture recommended that Qatar ... ensure that all cases of gender-based violence against women were thoroughly investigated, perpetrators were prosecuted and appropriately sanctioned and victims obtained redress, including fair and adequate compensation. It also recommended that Qatar provide mandatory training on prosecution for gender-based violence to all law enforcement and justice officials and continue awareness-raising campaigns on all forms of violence against women. [Para 42]
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State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Outcome ReportIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:CommentSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:N/AContents:The United Towns Agency for North-South Cooperation commended Qatar ... for its accession to a number of international instruments, including the CEDAW and the International Covenants on Civil Political Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; [Para 887] -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Outcome ReportIssue:
- Domestic violence
Type:CommentSession:7th session, February 2010Status:N/AContents:Commit greater resources to combat domestic violence. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:Reference AddressedContents:CRC also recommended that Qatar ratify or accede to all core international human rights instruments, including ICESCR, ICCPR … -
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;
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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:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:RejectedContents:To adopt a national plan against gender-based violence. To identify and remedy those areas in the national legislation that might be discriminatory, including family laws, laws and procedures relating to the authority of guardians of women, nationality laws and norms relating to housing.ExplanationThe State accepts the part of the recommendation concerning the adoption of a national plan against gender-based violence, as it is consistent with the State's strategy on this issue. As for identifying and remedying those areas in the national legislation that might be discriminatory, including family laws, this part of the recommendation has already been put into effect.
With regard to family law and procedures relating to the authority of guardians over women, the State rejects this part of the recommendation, as it is incompatible with the Islamic sharia, which is the primary source of legislation. Moreover, Qatar entered a reservation to article 16, paragraph 1 (f), of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which deals with the same subject. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:KuwaitKuwaitRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:AcceptedContents:To continue its efforts to strengthen the role of women in society and to include women in an effective manner in the development process, supporting women to enable them to participate in economic activities in the country.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 ...
Para 50) ... 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 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. Recently, it has been noted that a number of women have joined the boards of publicly traded companies, in some cases as chairpersons. In a similar vein, women are participating more actively in the elections of the board of the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry; the list of candidates includes four women entrepreneurs, for the first time in its history.
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:RomaniaRomaniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:33rd Session, May 2019Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Consider the withdrawal of the reservation to art.9 of the CEDAW, which ensures equal rights for women in transferring citizenship.
ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:QatarQatarRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:ChileChileRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:7th session, February 2010Status:RejectedContents:To take legislative measures to eliminate discrimination against women, particularly in the area of marriage and divorce.