Country Reports

Every ratifying or acceding nation is obliged to report to the Committee on its effort to meet CEDAW's goals within one year of signing the Convention, and then to follow up with progress reports every four years.

The Committee has adopted guidelines to help states prepare these reports. According to these guidelines, the initial report is intended to be a detailed and comprehensive description of the position of women in that country at the time of submission. It is meant to provide a benchmark against which subsequent progress can be measured. Second and subsequent national reports are intended to update the previous report, detailing significant developments that have occurred over the last four years, noting key trends, and identifying obstacles to the full achievement of the Convention.

Initial reports are considered by the Committee in the presence of a representative of the reporting country, who may make a supplementary presentation. Individual members are free to ask for clarification or elaboration of any issue related to the report, the presentation, or to CEDAW's goals. Typically, the country representative returns a day or so later to respond to those questions; answers or supporting materials are often presented in writing.

Since 1990, second and subsequent reports have been reviewed by a pre-session working group of five Committee members. The working group draws up questions to guide the full Committee's examination of the report. These questions are submitted to the country's representative in advance. The representative then meets with the Committee to respond to these questions and any others that members may wish to ask.

Below is a list of Country Reports submitted by CEDAW SEAP countries.

Cambodia

• Combined First, Second, and Third Periodic Reports (585KB-MsWord)

• Initial report
• Combined Second and Third Periodic Reports (3.9MB-pdf)
• Combined Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports (pdf)

Lao People's Democratic Republic

• Combined Initial, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports (325KB-MsWord)

Philippines

• Combined Initial and Second Periodic Reports
• Third Periodic Report (3MB-pdf)
• Fourth Periodic Report (173KB-pdf)
• Combined Fifth and Sixth Periodic Reports (948KB-MsWord)

Thailand

• Initial Report
• Combined Second and Third Periodic Reports (4.2MB-pdf)
• Combined Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports (610KB-MsWod)

Timor-Leste

•  No Report Submitted

Viet Nam

- Initial Report
- Second Periodic Report
- Combined Third and Fourth Periodic Reports
- Combined 5th and 6th periodic report
- Issues and questions regards to       5th and 6th report	2007
- Goverment response to list of issues	2007
Vietnameses	2007

Click here for CEDAW status of SEAP countries
Click here for a list of Concluding Comments on CEDAW SEAP countries

(Source: UN DAW website)

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