TABLE OF CONTENTS

ANNEX I: STATUS OF RATIFICATION OF ANNEX III CONVENTIONS.......................... 3

ANNEX II: CONVENTIONS & SURVEILLANCE MECHANISMS...................................... 14

1........... UN HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONS.................................................................. 14

2........... GENOCIDE CONVENTION AND APARTHEID CONVENTION.......................... 17

3........... ILO CORE LABOUR STANDARDS......................................................................... 17

4........... ENVIRONMENT AND GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES CONVENTIONS............. 19

ANNEX III: SOURCES............................................................................................................ 23

ANNEX IV: RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MONITORING BODIES TO THE GSP+ BENEFICIARIES 25

1........... ARMENIA (AM)........................................................................................................ 26

2........... AZERBAIJAN (AZ).................................................................................................... 35

3........... BOLIVIA (BO)........................................................................................................... 47

4........... COLOMBIA (CO)...................................................................................................... 58

5........... COSTA RICA (CR).................................................................................................... 69

6........... ECUADOR (EC)......................................................................................................... 78

7........... GEORGIA (GE).......................................................................................................... 91

8........... GUATEMALA (GU)................................................................................................. 105

9........... HONDURAS (HN)................................................................................................... 118

10......... SRI LANKA (LK)..................................................................................................... 128

11......... MONGOLIA (MN)................................................................................................... 138

12......... NICARAGUA (NI)................................................................................................... 148

13......... PANAMA (PA)......................................................................................................... 158

14......... PERU (PE)................................................................................................................ 168

15......... PARAGUAY (PY).................................................................................................... 177

16......... EL SALVADOR (SV)............................................................................................... 186

ANNEX I: STATUS OF RATIFICATION OF ANNEX III CONVENTIONS[1]

Summary table of the number of conventions ratified:

|| July 2005 || June 2007 || April 2008 || October 2010

PART A || PART B || PART A || PART B || PART A || PART B || PART A || PART B

AM || || || || || || || 16 || 11

AZ || || || || || || || 16 || 11

BO || 16 || 10 || 16 || 11 || 16 || 11 || 16 || 11

CO || 16 || 9 || 16 || 10 || 16 || 10 || 16 || 11

CR || 16 || 8 || 16 || 11 || 16 || 11 || 16 || 11

EC || 16 || 10 || 16 || 11 || 16 || 11 || 16 || 11

GE || 16 || 8 || 16 || 9 || 16 || 09 || 16 || 11

GU || 16 || 9 || 16 || 10 || 16 || 10 || 16 || 11

HN || 16 || 10 || 16 || 10 || 16 || 10 || 16 || 11

LK || 16 || 10 || 16 || 11 || 16 || 11 || 16 || 11

MN || 16 || 10 || 16 || 11 || 16 || 11 || 16 || 11

NI || 16 || 8 || 16 || 11 || 16 || 11 || 16 || 11

PA || || || || || || || 16 || 11

PE || 16 || 10 || 16 || 11 || 16 || 11 || 16 || 11

PY || || || || || || || 16 || 11

SV || 14 || 10 || 16 || 10 || 16 || 11 || 16 || 11

STATUS OF RATIFICATIONS AS OF OCTOBER 2010

|| ILO CORE LABOUR STANDARDS

|| 87-Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise || 98-Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and to Bargain Collectively || 29- Forced or Compulsory Labour || 105- Abolition of Forced Labour || 100- Equal Remuneration of Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value || 111- Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation || 138- Minimum Age for Admission to Employment || 182- Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour

|| || || || || || || ||

AM || 2/01/2006 || 12/11/2003 || 17/12/2004 || 29/07/1994 || 17/12/2004 || 29/07/1994 || 27/01/2006 || 2/01/2006

AZ || 19/05/1992 || 19/05/1992 || 19/05/1992 || 9/08/2000 || 19/05/1992 || 19/05/1992 || 19/05/1992 || 30/03/2004

BO || 4/01/1965 || 15/11/1973 || 31/05/2005 || 11/06/1990 || 15/11/1973 || 31/01/1977 || 11/06/1997 || 6/06/2003

CO || 16/11/1976 || 16/11/1976 || 4/03/1969 || 7/06/1963 || 7/06/1963 || 4/03/1969 || 2/02/2001 || 28/01/2005

CR || 2/06/1960 || 2/06/1960 || 2/06/1960 || 4/05/1959 || 2/06/1960 || 1/03/1962 || 11/06/1976 || 10/09/2001

EC || 29/05/1967 || 28/05/1959 || 6/07/1954 || 5/02/1962 || 11/03/1957 || 10/07/1962 || 19/09/2000 || 19/09/2000

GE || 3/08/1999 || 22/06/1993 || 22/06/1997 || 23/09/1996 || 22/06/1993 || 22/06/1993 || 23/09/1996 || 24/07/2002

GU || 13/02/1952 || 13/02/1952 || 13/06/1989 || 9/12/1959 || 2/08/1961 || 11/10/1960 || 27/04/1990 || 11/10/2001

HN || 27/06/1956 || 27/06/1956 || 21/02/1957 || 4/08/1958 || 9/08/1956 || 20/06/1960 || 9/06/1980 || 25/10/2001

LK || 15/09/1995 || 13/12/1972 || 5/04/1950 || 7/01/2003 || 1/04/1993 || 27/11/1998 || 11/02/2000 || 1/03/2001

MN || 3/06/1969 || 3/06/1969 || 15/03/2005 || 15/03/2005 || 3/06/1969 || 3/06/1969 || 16/12/2002 || 26/02/2001

NI || 31/10/1967 || 31/10/1967 || 12/04/1934 || 31/10/1967 || 31/10/1967 || 31/10/1967 || 2/11/1981 || 6/11/2000

PA || 3/06/1958 || 16/051966 || 16/05/1966 || 16/05/1966 || 3/06/1958 || 16/05/1966 || 31/10/2000 || 31/10/2000

PE || 2/03/1960 || 13/03/1964 || 1/02/1960 || 6/12/1960 || 1/02/1960 || 10/08/1970 || 13/11/2002 || 10/01/2002

PY || 28/06/1962 || 21/03/1966 || 28/08/1967 || 16/05/1968 || 24/06/1964 || 10/07/1967 || 3/03/2004 || 7/03/2001

SV || 6/09/2006 || 6/09/2006 || 15/06/1995 || 18/11/1958 || 12/10/2000 || 15/06/1995 || 23/01/1996 || 12/10/2000

|| UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONS

|| Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide || International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination || International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights || International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights || International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid || Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women || Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment || Convention on the Rights of the Child

AM || 23/06/1993 || 23/06/1993 || 23/06/1993 || 13/09/1993 || 23/06/1993 || 13/09/1993 || 13/09/1993 || 23/06/1993

AZ || 16/08/1996 || 16/08/1996 || 13/08/1992 || 13/08/1992 || 16/08/1996 || 10/07/1995 || 16/08/1996 || 13/08/1992

BO || 14/06/2005 || 22/09/1970 || 12/08/1982 || 12/08/1982 || 6/10/1983 || 8/06/1990 || 12/04/1999 || 26/06/1990

CO || 27/10/1959 || 2/09/1971 || 29/10/1969 || 29/10/1969 || 23/05/1988 || 19/01/1982 || 8/12/1987 || 28/01/1991

CR || 14/10/1950 || 16/01/1967 || 29/11/1968 || 29/11/1968 || 15/10/1986 || 4/04/1986 || 11/11/1993 || 21/08/1990

EC || 21/12/1949 || 22/09/1966 || 6/03/1969 || 6/03/1969 || 12/05/1975 || 3/11/1981 || 30/03/1988 || 23/03/1990

GE || 11/10/1993 || 2/06/1999 || 3/05/1994 || 3/05/1994 || 21/03/2005 || 26/10/1994 || 26/10/1994 || 2/06/1994

GU || 13/01/1950 || 18/01/1983 || 5/05/1992 || 19/05/1988 || 15/05/2005 || 12/08/1982 || 5/01/1990 || 6/06/1990

HN || 5/03/1952 || 10/10/2002 || 25/08/1997 || 17/02/1981 || 29/04/2005 || 3/03/1983 || 5/12/1996 || 10/08/1990

LK || 12/10/1950 || 18/02/1982 || 11/06/1980 || 11/06/1980 || 18/02/1982 || 5/10/1981 || 3/01/1994 || 12/07/1991

MN || 5/01/1967 || 6/10/1969 || 18/11/1974 || 18/11/1974 || 8/08/1975 || 20/07/1981 || 24/01/2002 || 5/07/1990

NI || 29/01/1952 || 15/02/1978 || 12/03/1980 || 12/03/1980 || 28/03/1980 || 27/10/1981 || 5/07/2005 || 5/10/1990

PA || 11/01/1950 || 16/08/1967 || 8/03/1977 || 8/03/1977 || 16/03/1977 || 29/10/1981 || 24/08/1987 || 12/12/1990

PE || 24/02/1960 || 29/09/1971 || 28/04/1978 || 28/04/1978 || 1/11/1978 || 13/09/1982 || 7/07/1988 || 4/09/1990

PY || 3/10/2001 || 18/08/2003 || 10/06/1992 || 10/06/1992 || 2/12/2005 || 6/04/1987 || 12/03/1990 || 25/09/1990

SV || 28/09/1950 || 30/11/1979 || 30/11/1979 || 30/11/1979 || 30/11/1979 || 19/08/1981 || 17/06/1996 || 10/07/1990

|| ENVIRONMENT AND GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES CONVENTIONS

|| Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer || Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal || Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants || CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora || Convention on Biological Diversity || Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety || Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change || United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs || Convention on Psychotropic Substances || Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances || United Nations Convention against Corruption

AM || 01/10/1999 || 01/10/99 || 26/11/2003 || 10/4/2008 || 14/05/1993 || 30/04/2004 || 25/04/2003 || 13/09/1993 || 13/09/1993 || 13/09/1993 || 08/03/2007

AZ || 12/06/1996 || 01/06/2001 || 13/01/2004 || 23/11/1998 || 03/08/2000 || 1/04/2005 || 28/09/2000 || 11/01/1999 || 11/01/1999 || 22/09/1993 || 01/11/2005

BO || 03/10/1994 || 15/11/1996 || 3/06/2003 || 6/07/1979 || 03/10/1994 || 22/04/2002 || 30/11/1999 || 23/09/1976 || 20/03/1985 || 20/08/1990 || 5/12/2005

CO || 06/12/1993 || 31/12/1996 || 22/10/2008 || 31/08/1981 || 28/11/1994 || 20/05/2003 || 30/11/2001 || 3/03/1975 || 12/05/1981 || 10/06/1994 || 27/10/2006

CR || 30/07/1991 || 7/03/1995 || 06/02/2007 || 30/06/1975 || 26/08/1994 || 07/05/2007 || 9/08/2002 || 14/02/1973 || 16/02/1977 || 8/02/1991 || 21/03/2007

EC || 30/04/1990 || 23/02/1993 || 7/07/2004 || 11/02/1975 || 23/02/1993 || 30/01/2003 || 13/01/2000 || 25/07/1973 || 7/09/1973 || 23/03/1990 || 15/09/2005

GE || 21/03/1996 || 20/05/1999 || 4/10/2006 || 13/09/1996 || 02/06/1994 || 04/11/2008 || 16/06/1999 || 27/03/2000 || 8/01/1998 || 8/01/1998 || 04/11/2008

GU || 07/11/1989 || 15/05/1995 || 30/07/2008 || 7/11/1979 || 10/07/1995 || 28/10/2004 || 5/10/1999 || 9/12/1975 || 13/08/1979 || 28/02/1991 || 3/11/2006

HN || 14/10/1993 || 27/12/1995 || 23/05/2005 || 15/03/1985 || 31/07/1995 || 18/11/2008 || 19/06/2000 || 8/08/1979 || 23/05/2005 || 11/12/1991 || 23/05/2005

LK || 15/12/1989 || 28/08/1992 || 22/12/2005 || 4/05/1979 || 23/03/1994 || 28/04/2004 || 3/09/2002 || 29/06/1981 || 15/03/1993 || 6/06/1991 || 31/03/2004

MN || 07/03/1996 || 15/04/1997 || 30/04/2004 || 5/01/1996 || 30/09/1993 || 22/07/2003 || 15/12/1999 || 6/05/1991 || 15/12/1999 || 25/06/2003 || 11/01/2006

NI || 05/03/1993 || 3/06/1997 || 1/12/2005 || 6/08/1977 || 20/11/1995 || 28/08/2002 || 18/11/1999 || 15/02/2005 || 24/10/1973 || 4/05/1990 || 15/02/2006

PA || 03/03/1989 || 22/02/1991 || 5/03/2003 || 17/08/1978 || 17/01/1995 || 01/05/2002 || 5/03/1999 || 19/10/1972 || 18/02/1972 || 13/01/1994 || 23/09/2005

PE || 31/03/1993 || 23/11/1993 || 14/09/2005 || 27/06/1975 || 07/06/1993 || 14/04/2004 || 12/09/2002 || 12/09/1977 || 28/01/1980 || 16/01/1992 || 16/11/2004

PY || 03/12/1992 || 28/09/1995 || 01/04/2004 || 15/11/1976 || 24/02/1994 || 10/03/2004 || 27/08/1999 || 20/06/1973 || 03/02/1972 || 23/08/1990 || 01/06/2005

SV || 2/10/1992 || 13/12/1991 || 27/05/2008 || 30/04/1987 || 08/09/1994 || 26/09/2003 || 13/01/2000 || 26/02/1998 || 11/06/1998 || 21/05/1993 || 1/07/2004

Compliance with major Human Rights Conventions by “GSP+” beneficiaries

Human Rights Conventions - "GSP+" beneficiaries || ICCPR || ICESCR || CEDAW

Individual complaints (ratification OP1-ICCPR) || Reporting status (overdue reports) || Reporting status (overdue reports) || Individual complaints (ratification OP-CEDAW) || Reporting status (overdue reports) ||

Armenia || 23 Jun 1993 || || R2: 30 June 2000 R3: 30 June 2005 || 14 Sep 2006 ||

Azerbaijan || 27 Nov 2001 || || || 1 Jun 2001 ||

Bolivia || 12 August 1982 || R3: 31 December 1999 || || 27 September 2000 ||

Colombia || 29 October 1969 || || || 23 January 2007 ||

Costa Rica || 29 November 1968 || || || 20 September 2001 || R5, 6: 4 May 2007

Ecuador || 6 March 1969 || || || 5 February 2002 ||

El Salvador || 6 June 1995 || || || 4 April 2001 (signature only) ||

Georgia || 3 May 1994 || || R3: 30 June 2007 || 1 August 2002 ||

Guatemala || 28 November 2000 || || R3: 30 June 2008 || 9 May 2002 ||

Honduras || 7 June 2005 || || R2: 30 June 2006 || ||

Mongolia || 16 April 1991 || || R4: 30 June 2003 || 28 March 2002 ||

Nicaragua || 12 March 1980 || || || ||

Panama || 8 Mar 1977 || || R3: 30 June 2004 || 9 May 2001 ||

Peru || 3 October 1980 || R5: 31 October 2003 || || 9 April 2001 ||

Paraguay || 10 Jan 1995 || R3: 31 October 2008 || || 14 May 2001 || R6: 6 May 2008

Sri Lanka || 3 October 1997 || R5: 1 November 2007 || R5: 30 June 2010 || 15 October 2002 ||

Human Rights Conventions - "GSP+" beneficiaries || CERD || CRC || CAT

Individual complaints (declaration recognising art. 14) || Reporting status (overdue reports) || Reporting status (overdue reports) || Individual complaints (declaration recognising art. 22) || Reporting status (overdue reports)

Armenia || || R7: 23 July 2006 || || ||

Azerbaijan || 27 September 2001 || || || ||

Bolivia || 14 February 2006 || || || 14 February 2006 || R2: 10 May 2004 R3: 10 May 2008

Colombia || || || || ||

Costa Rica || 8 January 1974 || R19,20,21: 4 January 2010 || || 27 February 2002 ||

Ecuador || 18 March 1977 || || || 6 September 1988 ||

El Salvador || || || || ||

Georgia || 30 June 2005 || || || 30 June 2005 ||

Guatemala || || || || 25 September 2003 ||

Honduras || || R1: 9 November 2004 R2: 9 November 2006 || || ||

Mongolia || || || || ||

Nicaragua || || || || ||

Panama || || || || || R4: 27 September 2000 R5: 27 September 2004

Peru || 27 November 1984 || || || 7 July 1988 ||

Paraguay || || || || 29 May 2002 || R4: 10 October 2003 R5: 10 October 2007

Sri Lanka || || R10,11: 20 March 2003 R12: 20 March 2005 R13: 20 March 2007 || || ||

ANNEX II: CONVENTIONS & SURVEILLANCE MECHANISMS

The assessment of whether a country has ratified and effectively implemented conventions in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation 732/2008 is based on the information and findings of the monitoring mechanisms established under the auspices of the relevant international organisations such as the UN, ILO and other agencies as well as on the findings of and information from monitoring mechanisms established under the conventions themselves.

1. UN HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONS

As far as Human Rights Conventions are concerned, State parties are obliged to report regularly to the Committees responsible for the supervision of the Conventions. Each of the conventions establishes a specialized body composed of independent experts responsible for monitoring the implementation of the conventions. Detailed information can be found on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) website (www.ohchr.org). As States Parties are obliged to report only periodically to the Committees established under each Convention, in many cases no Committee reports are available for the beneficiary countries for the period in question. Moreover, it should be borne in mind that the reports of Committees established under the conventions are by their nature critical and focused on shortcomings with the aim of ensuring full implementation of the conventions.

- The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights[2] provides for a broad range of civil and political rights. The Covenant includes the right to life; the right to freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment, the right to liberty security of the person, the right of detained persons to humane treatment, the right to and freedom of movement; the right to a fair trial; the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the right to freedom of assembly and association. The Covenant also provides that all peoples have the right to self-determination and that minorities have the right to enjoy their own culture, practise their own religion and use their own language. The Convention is supplemented by two Optional Protocols providing for: (1) the possibility of individual complaints with regard to alleged violations of the Covenant by State parties; (2) the abolition of the death penalty in the territory under the jurisdiction of the State party.

The Human Rights Committee[3] monitors the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in the territory of State parties. Under Article 40 of the Covenant, States parties must submit reports every five years on the measures they have adopted to give effect to the rights recognized in the Covenant and on the progress made in the enjoyment of those rights. The reports are examined by the Committee, which then adopts concluding observations summarizing its main concerns and making suggestions and recommendations to the State party. Article 41 of the Covenant provides for the Committee to consider inter-state complaints. Furthermore, the Committee may also examine individual complaints with regard to alleged violations of the Covenant by State parties to the First Optional Protocol to the Covenant.

- The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights[4] provides for a range of economic, social, and cultural rights such as the right to just and favourable conditions of work, the right to form trade unions and the right to strike, the right to social security, the right to an adequate standard of living, the right to education and the right to take part in cultural life. The Covenant also provides that all peoples have the right to self determination. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)[5] monitors the implementation of the Covenant. Under articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant, States party are required to submit reports to the Committee every five years. The reports are examined by the Committee, which then adopts concluding observations summarizing its main concerns and making suggestions and recommendations to the State party.

- The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination[6] prohibits racial discrimination in all its forms. The Convention requires State parties not to engage in acts of racial discrimination, to amend any laws which create racial discrimination and to bring an end to racial discrimination by all persons or groups. The Convention requires State parties to declare the dissemination of ideas based on racial superiority or incitement to racial hatred to be criminal offences and to prohibit organisations which promote racial discrimination. The Convention requires States to eliminate racial discrimination in the enjoyment of a range of civil and political and economic, social and cultural rights.

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)[7] is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the convention. All State parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially one year after acceding to the Convention and then every two years and whenever the Committee so requests. The reports are examined by the Committee, which then adopts concluding observations summarizing its main concerns and making suggestions and recommendations to the State party.

- The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women[8] requires State parties to eliminate discrimination against women. The Convention requires State parties to take measures to eliminate discrimination against women in political and public life, and in the fields of education, employment, health care, and other areas of economic and social life. The Convention requires State parties to take measures to eliminate discrimination against women in rural areas, to accord women equality before the law and to eliminate discrimination against women concerning acquisition of nationality, and in matters concerning marriage and family relations. The Convention is supplemented by an Optional Protocol recognizing the competence of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)[9][10] - the body that monitors State parties' compliance with the Convention - to receive and consider complaints from individuals or groups within its jurisdiction, as well as to initiate inquiries into situations of grave or systematic violations of women’s rights.

The Convention obliges State parties to submit to the Secretary-General a report on the legislative, judicial, administrative or other measures that they have adopted to implement the Convention within a year after its entry into force and then at least every four years thereafter or whenever the CEDAW so requests. These reports, which may indicate factors and difficulties in implementation, are forwarded to the CEDAW for its consideration. The reports are examined by the Committee, which then adopts concluding observations summarizing its main concerns and making suggestions and recommendations to the State party.

By ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Covenant, a State recognizes the competence of CEDAW to receive and consider complaints from individuals or groups within its jurisdiction, as well as to initiate inquiries into situations of grave or systematic violations of women’s rights.

- The Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment[11] bans torture under all circumstances. The Convention requires State parties to take effective measures to prevent torture, requires States to ensure that acts of torture are criminal offences, and forbids States from expelling persons to States where they would be in danger of being tortured. The Convention also requires State parties to prevent acts of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment not amounting to torture. The Optional Protocol to the Convention creates the UN Subcommittee on Prevention and allows in-country inspections of places of detention to be undertaken in collaboration with national institutions.

The Committee Against Torture (CAT)[12] monitors the implementation of the Convention. All State parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee, initially one year after acceding to the Convention and then every four years. The reports are examined by the Committee, which then adopts concluding observations summarizing its main concerns and making suggestions and recommendations to the State party.

- The Convention on the Rights of the Child[13] requires State parties to ensure that in all actions concerning children undertaken by state authorities, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration. The Convention creates a range of rights for children relating to registration of birth, respect for identity, protection against separation from parents, family reunification, freedom of thought and expression, freedom of association, access to information, protection from physical or mental violence, adoption, health care, mental or physical disability, social security, adequate living standards, education and protection from exploitation. The Convention is supplemented by two Optional Protocols concerning the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and on the involvement of children in armed conflict.

The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)[14] monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols by State parties. All State parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially two years after acceding to the Convention and then every five years. The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of “concluding observations”.

2. GENOCIDE CONVENTION AND APARTHEID CONVENTION

- The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide[15] bans acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. It declares genocide a crime under international law whether committed during war or peacetime, and binds all State parties to take measures to prevent and punish any acts of genocide committed within their jurisdiction. The Convention does not establish a Committee to monitor its implementation.

- The International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid[16] declares apartheid a crime against humanity and that inhuman acts resulting from the policies and practices of apartheid are crimes violating the principles of international law, and constituting a serious threat to international peace and security. For the purpose of the Convention, the term "apartheid" shall apply to the inhuman acts committed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group of persons over any other racial group of persons and systematically oppressing them.

The body in charge of monitoring the implementation of the Convention is envisaged in Article 9 of the convention[17].

3. ILO CORE LABOUR STANDARDS

The core labour standards comprise eight conventions that the ILO deems "key", covering subjects that are considered as fundamental principles and rights at work: freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour; the effective abolition of child labour; and the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.

The fundamental Conventions are:

- Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87)[18]

- Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)[19]

- Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)[20]

- Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)[21]

- Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)[22]

- Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)[23]

- Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)[24]

- Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)[25]

States that have ratified ILO Conventions are under obligation to report regularly on the steps taken in law and practice for the application of these Conventions.[26] For the eight fundamental conventions reports are normally due every two years. Reports are subsequently reviewed by the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR). The CEACR is an impartial body of 20 legal experts from all regions of the world that meets during November/December each year and draws up a report. The annual CEACR reports are the main source relating to Members' compliance with ILO conventions. They are published on the ILO website and all its observations on the implementation of the conventions can be found on the ILO's ILOLEX database[27].

The Report of the CEACR has two main parts concerning Member States' obligations. The General Report describes the progress of the work of the CEACR and the extent to which Member States have fulfilled their reporting obligations. The second part of the CEACR's report publishes observations addressed to individual countries. These observations address fundamental questions raised by the application of a Convention by a member State.

The CEACR reports does not only reflect information on the legislation and the practice based on the reports submitted by governments but also comments made by employers and workers organisations, and it takes account of proceedings and findings of other ILO supervisory bodies such as the Committee on the Application of Standards of the International Labour Conference (CAS), the Governing Body's Committee on the Freedom of Association (CFA) and the findings of the special procedures such in case of a complaint followed by the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry. The CFA is a tripartite Committee of the Governing Body which is competent to deal with complaints of workers' and employers' organizations in relation to freedom of association and collective bargaining, even in relation to countries that have not ratified the corresponding conventions No 87 and 98.

The report of the CEACR, which is usually published in spring each year feeds into the work of the CAS. The CAS' mandate is, inter alia, to consider measures taken to give effect to ratified Conventions. It is required to present a report of its work to the Conference. The CAS discusses the General Report prepared by the CEACR and examines cases of serious failure to fulfil reporting and other standard-related obligations. Its main task is the examination of a number of individual cases (currently approximately 25) which are selected among the countries that have been the object of an observation in the CEACR report. Government members of the countries involved are invited for an exchange on these observations. The Conference Committee adopts conclusions on the individual cases.

The list of individual cases identified in all regions of the world and selected through negotiations between the employers and workers representatives must not be considered per se as a blacklist, but constitute mostly, in practice, cases of serious application problems. The discussions and conclusions on the situations examined by the CAS are published in its report which is adopted by the International Labour Conference. It is important to note that ILO supervision concentrates on legal implementation and also on concrete application problems. At the same time, it also highlights cases of progress. Further to its decision in 2007, the CEACR may also highlight cases of good practice. Since 2005, more attention has also been given to the complementarity between the supervisory system and technical assistance, and therefore, for some cases, the need for technical assistance is being highlighted by the CAS and the CEACR.

The reports of the CEACR and the CAS assess and indicate also the degree of willingness of the member States to address problems in complying with ratified labour standards and to cooperate with the ILO.

4. ENVIRONMENT AND GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES CONVENTIONS

It should be noted from the outset that some international environmental agreements establish compliance/implementation committees to monitor implementation of obligations and compliance with agreements by the Parties. When using reports issued by the compliance/implementation committee under international environmental conventions as an indicator of Party's compliance with international obligations it is important to note a few features characteristic for compliance mechanisms in such agreements. The purpose of compliance mechanisms is to examine individual cases of non-compliance and facilitate compliance with the agreement. Compliance committees do not normally issue general reports on state of compliance with a particular convention by all Parties. Therefore in cases where compliance proceedings were never initiated against a certain Party – either by a submission from another Party to the convention or on Committee's own initiative or triggered by self-submission, no report of the compliance committee exist with regard to that Party.

- The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer[28] recognizes the need (following the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole in late 1985) for stronger measures to reduce the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances, focusing at the beginning on Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), halons, and carbon tetrachloride. The Protocol was designed so that the phase out schedules could be revised by Decisions of the Parties on the basis of periodic scientific and technological assessments. Subsequent amendments to the Protocol extended the control measures to other ozone depleting substances, such as hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs).

As regards the implementation of the control measures in the Montreal protocol, the two key elements are the data reporting and the non-compliance procedure. According to article 7 of the Protocol, parties report every year to he Ozone Secretariat in Nairobi, Kenya on production, import and export of ozone-depleting substances referred to in the Protocol annexes. In addition, the monitoring of compliance is done by the Implementation Committee[29] on the basis of the data provided and extensive reports made on countries in non-compliance. This is an effective instrument for bringing countries into line. The committee itself only makes recommendations, all of which are referred to the Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP) for adoption as decisions. The ‘indicative list’ of measures that might be taken by a meeting of the parties in respect of non-compliance with the Protocol includes issuing formal cautions and the suspension for specific rights and privileges under the protocol, such as those dealing with finance and trade. The financing arm of the Montreal Protocol -the Multilateral Fund - can assist helping the countries into compliance.

- The goal of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal[30] is “environmentally sound management” (ESM) of waste, that is, to protect human health and the environment by minimizing the generation and Transboundary movement of hazardous waste, and by ensuring the availability of adequate disposal facilities that should be located, whenever possible, close to the source of generation. This involves strong controls, and to some extent prohibitions, of the transboundary shipment of hazardous and certain other wastes and guidance on their environmentally sound management, including storage, treatment, reuse, recycling, recovery and final disposal.

Compliance with obligations from the Basel Convention is controlled through a Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance[31], whose objective is to assist Parties to comply with their obligations under the Convention and to facilitate, promote, monitor and aim to secure the implementation of and compliance with the obligations under the Convention. The Compliance Committee[32] is in charge of this mechanism.

- The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants[33] is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants (POPs). POPs are hazardous chemicals (PCBs, dioxins, furans & highly dangerous pesticides) that remain intact in the environment for long periods, become widely distributed geographically, accumulate in the fatty tissue of living organisms and are toxic to humans and wildlife. POPs circulate globally and cause damage wherever they travel.

Regarding implementation, a non-compliance mechanism under the Stockholm Convention is yet to be established. As no Compliance Committee exists, compliance is assessed through the requirement for the Parties to submit a National Implementation Plan under Article 7 and the submission of a National Report under Article 15.

Article 15 of the Convention requires each Party to the Convention to report to the Conference of the Parties on the measures it has taken to implement the provisions of the Convention and on the effectiveness of such measures in meeting the objectives of the Convention. The Conference of the Parties established the periodicity of this reporting to be every four years and adopted a format for reporting. Details on the fulfilment of the reporting obligations of relevant countries can be found below in Annex IV. The second reporting cycle has just been initiated. The reports received from the Parties will be published once the submissions are completed. According to decision SC-4/30, the deadline for report submissions is 31 October 2010.

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species[34] (CITES or Washington Convention) is one of the most important conservation agreements in existence and regularly updates the list of species (which includes both animals and plants) subject to import regulations or restrictions.

CITES regularly and equitably monitors legislative implementation, practical implementation and enforcement records of Parties. In practice, it has a powerful compliance tool in that the Standing Committee can recommend trade sanctions[35]. The Secretariat of CITES[36] is a repository of information on the implementation of the Convention and receives information and reports that it has to communicate to the Parties. This is done through the Notifications to the Parties[37]. Parties are required to submit annual reports on trade and biennial reports about the implementation of the Convention. The State Parties are collectively referred to as the Conference of the Parties. Every three years the Conference meets to review the list of species and the implementation of the Convention.

- The Convention on Biological Diversity[38] (CBD) seeks a comprehensive approach to sustainable development through three main goals: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and a fair sharing of the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources.

The CBD has two direct legal requirements for developing countries: to establish National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) which outline national actions for implementing the CBD and to report (reports available on the CBD website[39]) every four years on implementation progress. The objective of national reporting, as specified in Article 26 of the Convention, is to provide information on measures taken for the implementation of the Convention and the effectiveness of these measures. The process of reporting will also assist the individual country to monitor the status of implementation of the commitments it has taken on as a Contracting Party. It can assist the country to identify those commitments that are being successfully met, those that have not been implemented, and constraints to implementation.

- The Conference of Parties of the CBD adopted the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety[40] in January 2000 in Montreal, which entered into force in September 2003. This Protocol governs the transboundary movement of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and authorises states to prevent the import of GMOs according to the precautionary principle.

The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP[41]) is the governing body of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Its primary role is to keep under regular review the implementation of the Protocol and to make decisions necessary to promote its effective implementation. The Parties adopted in February 2004 a compliance procedure which potentially provides room for the adoption of any measure (including trade-related measures if needed to achieve the objectives of the Protocol) vis-à-vis non-compliant Parties.

- The Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change[42] is the only international framework to combat global warming.

On the basis of Article 18 of the KP, the Conference of the Parties adopted a decision on the compliance regime[43] which makes up the ‘teeth’ of the KP, facilitating promoting and enforcing adherence to the KP’s commitments. The surveillance mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol is described on the UN Framework Convention on climate change website[44] The Protocol’s monitoring procedures are based on existing reporting and in-depth review procedures under the Convention, building on experience gained in the climate change process over the past decade. They also involve additional accounting procedures that are needed to track transactions in various units representing greenhouse gas emission reductions. The reports are all available on the website.

The three major international drug control conventions are mutually supportive and complementary. Their goal is to codify internationally applicable control measures to ensure the availability of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances for medical and scientific purposes, and to prevent their diversion into illicit channels. They also include provisions on illicit trafficking and drug abuse.

- The UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs[45] aims to combat drug abuse by coordinated international action. First, it seeks to limit the possession, use, and trade in, distribution, import, export, manufacture and production of drugs exclusively to medical and scientific purposes. Second, it combats drug trafficking through international cooperation to deter and discourage drug traffickers.

- The UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances[46] establishes an international control system for psychotropic substances. It responded to the diversification and expansion of the spectrum of drugs of abuse and introduced controls over a number of synthetic drugs according to their abuse potential on the one hand and their therapeutic value on the other.

- The UN Convention against the Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances[47] provides comprehensive measures against drug trafficking, including provisions against money laundering and the diversion of precursor chemicals; and international cooperation through, for example, extradition of drug traffickers, controlled deliveries and transfer of proceedings.

The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB[48]) monitors compliance with the provisions of the international drug control treaties. The INCB also recommends actions and suggests adjustments to both international and national control regimes. In appropriate cases, the Board may recommend to the competent United Nations organs, to specialized agencies and Governments that technical and/or financial assistance be provided in support of the Governments' efforts to comply with their treaty obligations. Its last report[49] is that corresponding to the year 2009.

- The UN Convention against Corruption[50] has four main requirements namely prevention, criminalisation of a wide range of acts of corruption (not only the basic forms of corruption such as bribery and the embezzlement of public funds, but also trading in influence and the concealment and ‘laundering’ of the proceeds of corruption), international cooperation in every aspect of the fight against corruption and asset recovery.

In accordance with its article 68 (1)[51], the United Nations Convention against Corruption entered into force on 14 December 2005. When it entered into force, a Conference of the State Parties was established to review implementation and facilitate activities required by the Convention. Its reports on implementation can be found on the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime website.[52]

ANNEX III: SOURCES

International Labour Organization: www.ilo.org

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: www.ohchr.org

United Nations Environment Program: www.unep.org

Ozone Secretariat of UNEP: www.ozone.unep.org

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: www.unfccc.int

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: www.unodc.org

International Narcotics Control Board: www.incb.org

Secretariat of the Basel Convention: www.basel.int

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): www.pops.int

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora: www.cites.org

Convention on Biological Diversity: www.biodiv.org

ANNEX IV: RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MONITORING BODIES TO THE GSP+ BENEFICIARIES

The report covers the period from April 2008 till October 2010.

In the case of ILO Conventions, the Report on the Compliance Committee regarding a given party only exists in cases where a compliance procedure was started against the party. Therefore, if there is no information provided in the table it means that there is no report of the Compliance Committee mentioning a given country.

In the case of UN Conventions, when no information of a particular convention appears in the table it means that there are no reports available for that particular country and for the monitoring period under consideration.

1. ARMENIA (AM)

CONVENTION || REPORTING STATUS || RECOMMENDATIONS

ILO CONVENTIONS ON CORE LABOUR RIGHTS: || 1. Monitoring Body 2. Date of latest Report 3. Web link || Latest recommendations by the monitoring body.

87 - Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise || 1. CEACR 2. 2010 3.http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/newcountryframeE.htm 1. CAS 2. June 2010 3.http://www.ilo.org/ilc/ILCSessions/99thSession/pr/lang--en/docName--WCMS_141871/index.htm || The CEACR notes that the first report on Convention No 87 has not been received. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures without delay, including having recourse to the Office’s technical assistance, with a view to submitting the report due on the application of ratified Convention, in accordance with its constitutional obligation. The CAS notes that since the meeting of the Committee of Experts the Government has sent the first report on the application of Convention No 87

98 - Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and to Bargain Collectively || 1. CEACR 2. 2010 3.http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/newcountryframeE.htm || The Committee notes that a due report on Convention No 98 has not been received. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures without delay, including having recourse to the Office’s technical assistance, with a view to submitting the report due on the application of ratified Convention, in accordance with its constitutional obligation.

29 - Forced or Compulsory Labour || ||

100 - Equal Remuneration of Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value || 1. CEACR 2. 2010 3.http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/newcountryframeE.htm || The Committee notes that a due report on Convention No 100 has not been received. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures without delay, including having recourse to the Office’s technical assistance, with a view to submitting the report due on the application of ratified Convention, in accordance with its constitutional obligation.

105 - Abolition of Forced Labour || ||

111 - Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation || 1. CEACR 2. 2010 3.http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/newcountryframeE.htm || The Committee notes that a due report on Convention No 111 has not been received. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures without delay, including having recourse to the Office’s technical assistance, with a view to submitting the report due on the application of ratified Convention, in accordance with its constitutional obligation.

138 - Minimum Age for Admission to Employment || 1. CEACR 2. 2010 3.http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/newcountryframeE.htm 1. CAS 2. June 2010 3.http://www.ilo.org/ilc/ILCSessions/99thSession/pr/lang--en/docName--WCMS_141871/index.htm || The Committee notes that the first report on Convention No 138 has not been received. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures without delay, including having recourse to the Office’s technical assistance, with a view to submitting the report due on the application of ratified Convention, in accordance with its constitutional obligation. The CAS notes that since the meeting of the Committee of Experts the Government has sent the first report on the application of Convention No 138

182 - Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour || 1. CEACR 2. 2010 3.http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/newcountryframeE.htm 1. CAS 2. June 2010 3.http://www.ilo.org/ilc/ILCSessions/99thSession/pr/lang--en/docName--WCMS_141871/index.htm || The Committee notes that the first report on Convention No 182 has not been received. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures without delay, including having recourse to the Office’s technical assistance, with a view to submitting the report due on the application of ratified Convention, in accordance with its constitutional obligation. The CAS notes that since the meeting of the Committee of Experts the Government has sent the first report on the application of Convention No 182

UN CONVENTIONS ON CORE HUMAN RIGHTS: || 1. Monitoring Body 2. Date of latest Report 3. Web link || Latest recommendations by the monitoring body.

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide || ||

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination || ||

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights || ||

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights || ||

International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid || ||

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women || 1. CEDAW 2. 2 February 2009 3. http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N09/229/31/PDF/N0922931.pdf?OpenEle ent || The Committee commended the State Party for acceding (2006) to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The Committee recommended the State Party to implement awareness-raising campaigns targeting women, in order to raise their knowledge of their rights under the Convention, to adopt a gender specific approach in its policies and programmes, to ensure that the minimum age of marriage is raised for women from 17 to 18 and to remove any exceptions to this minimum age, to enact a gender equality bill, to initiate change in the widely accepted subordination of women and the stereotypical roles applied to both sexes, to give priority attention to eliminating all forms of violence against women, in particular domestic violence, to further expand its funding for shelters for victims of both gender-based violence as well as of trafficking, which was initiated in 2009, to include sex-disaggregated data and information on the exploitation of prostitution in the next periodic report, to focus on helping parents to understand the important role of education for girls; and special measures be implemented to allow girls and women who have dropped out of school to re-enter the education system, to aim towards closing the existing wage gap between women and men and implementing pay equity, to increase its efforts to improve the availability of sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning.

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment || ||

Convention on the Rights of the Child || ||

CONVENTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES : || 1. Monitoring Body 2. Date of latest Report 3. Web link || Latest recommendations by the monitoring body.

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer || 1.Implementation Committee 2. 13 July 2010 3. http://ozone.unep.org || In 2010, no new non-compliance issues reported by the Implementation Committee. Previous issues have been resolved. http://www.unep.ch/Ozone/Meeting_Documents/impcom/IMPCOM-44-5E.pdf

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal || 1. Compliance Committee 2.N/A 3.http://www.basel.int/legalmatters/compcommitee/index.html || Almost complete reporting until 2006 but the report for 2007 is still missing. Information on the status of national reporting in 2008 not yet published on the Basel website.

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants || 1. No compliance committee established yet. Compliance assessed through the following: - national implementation plan required by Art.7 http://chm.pops.int/Countries/NationalImplementation/tabid/253/language/en-US/Default.aspx - national report required by Art. 15 http://chm.pops.int/Countries/NationalReports/FirstRoundofPartyReports/tabid/254/language/en-US/Default.aspx - contributions to the convention budget http://chm.pops.int/Countries/Contributions/tabid/374/language/en-US/Default.aspx || Both national reports and national implementation plan have been submitted.

CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora || 1. Standing Committee 2. 11 March 2010 3.http://www.cites.org/common/com/SC/59/E59-11A.pdf || Armenia only acceded to the Convention in 2008 and has a two year long transition period until being obliged to comply with the Convention requirements. Implementing legislation is under review by the CITES Secretariat and is not yet believed to fully meet all the requirements for the implementation of CITES (category 3).

Convention on Biological Diversity || 1. Compliance assessed through the following: - National Biodiversity Strategy and Action plan required by Art. 6 http://www.cbd.int/nbsap/ - National report required by Art. 26 http://www.cbd.int/countries/ Link to level of payments: http://www.cbd.int/convention/parties/contributions.shtml?tab=2 || All reports have been submitted until 2009. Contributions to the CBD core budget have been paid.

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety || 1. Compliance Committee 2. 23 September 2010 3.http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bscc-07/official/bscc-07-03-en.pdf || First Regular National Report (2007) has been submitted, but the Interim National Report (2005) has not been submitted. All contributions have been paid.

Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change || 1. Compliance Committee 2. 8 October 2010 3.http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2010/cmp6/eng/06.pdf || No non-compliance proceedings have been started against Armenia.

United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs || 1. INCB 2. 24 February 2010 3.http://www.incb.org/incb/en/annual-report-2009.html || No specific recommendations.

Convention on Psychotropic Substances || 1.INCB 2. 24 February 2010 3.http://www.incb.org/incb/en/annual-report-2009.html || No specific recommendations.

Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances || 1.INCB 2. 24 February 2010 3.http://www.incb.org/incb/en/annual-report-2009.html || No specific recommendations.

United Nations Convention against Corruption || 1.United Nation secretariat – Report on Compliance with the United Nations Convention against Corruption 2. 9 September 2009 (general distribution) 3.http://www.unodc.org/documents/treaties/UNCAC/COSP/session3/V0986236e.pdf || Articles that need further work for full compliance (as indicated in the self-assessment report) Article 17- Armenia indicated full compliance with the provision under review and also cited or quoted relevant legislation but did not fulfil the optional reporting item of providing examples of successful implementation. Article 23 - Obligation to furnish copies of the laws giving effect to article 23 to the Secretary-General: Armenia stated that it was not aware of whether it had been fulfilled, and indicated the laws that should be provided to the Secretary-General. Article 25 - Armenia, reported to have adopted measures to achieve full compliance with the requirement set forth in article 25… However, none of the parties reporting full implementation provided examples of successful implementation (an optional reporting item)… on the obligation of notifying the Secretary-General of their respective designated authorities responsible for receiving mutual legal assistance requests…Armenia did not provide information on the provision under review, thereby not complying with an obligatory reporting item. Article 52 – Armenia reported full implementation of measures to prevent and detect transfers of proceeds of crime and cited applicable legislation, but did not fulfil the optional reporting item of providing examples of successful implementation of the article under review. Article 53 - paragraph (a) - Armenia reporting partial compliance, cited applicable legislation. However, Armenia specified that its code of civil procedure did not provide for the right of other States to initiate legal action in an Armenian court. With regard to measures to permit its courts to order payment of compensation or damages to another State party (para. (b)), Armenia reported partial compliance …. Concerning measures to permit their courts or competent authorities to recognize another State party’s claim of legitimate ownership of property proceeds of crime, as prescribed by paragraph (c), Armenia, reported partial implementation of such measures. Article 54 - Concerning the confiscation of property of foreign origin (para. 1 (b)), Armenia reported full implementation of the provision and cited the relevant legislation. Armenia indicated that it had not taken measures to permit the confiscation of property acquired through corruption without a criminal conviction (non-mandatory provision, para. 1 (c)) Article 55 - Reporting on the submission of a request for order of confiscation to competent authorities, in accordance with paragraph 1, Armenia indicated partial compliance and added that its code of criminal procedure did not permit the issuance of a confiscation order on the basis of foreign requests….. Concerning the contents of requests for orders of confiscation, as prescribed by paragraph 3, Armenia assessed its legislation as being in full compliance. Armenia cited relevant legislation but did not provide examples of successful implementation (an optional reporting item). Article 57 - Armenia stated that it had not taken measures to implement the non-mandatory provision of paragraph 5, on the conclusion of agreements on the final disposal of confiscated property. In relation to the article as a whole, Armenia did not substantiate its reported full compliance by providing examples of successful use or implementation (an optional reporting item).

2. AZERBAIJAN (AZ)

CONVENTION || REPORTING STATUS || RECOMMENDATIONS

ILO CONVENTIONS ON CORE LABOUR RIGHTS: || 1. Monitoring Body 2. Date of latest Report 3. Web link || Latest recommendations by the monitoring body.

87 - Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise || 1. CEACR 2. June 2010 3.http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_123424.pdf || The Committee requests the Government to communicate in its next report any amendments taken or contemplated to section 281 of the Labour Code and section 233 of the Criminal Code so as to allow the exercise of the right to strike in railways and air transport sectors, acknowledging that a minimum service created with the participation of the employers and the trade unions concerned could be established. The Committee requests the Government to transmit with its next report a copy of the repealing instrument with regard to Section 6(1) of the Act on Trade Unions and its provision “trade unions are prohibited from engaging in political activity, associating with political parties or carrying out joint activities, providing and receiving assistance or donations to/from political parties”. The Government indicates in its report that this provision has been repealed and that limitations on the activities of trade unions were removed. The Committee previously requested the Government to take the necessary measures in order to ensure that multinational enterprises operating on its territory respect freedom of association norms and principles. The Committee notes that the Government indicates that additions to article 80 of the Labour Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan adopted by the Milli Mejlis (Parliament) on 10 October 2006, significantly strengthened the status of the trade unions at the enterprises. The Committee requests the Government to provide a copy, with its next report, of the additions to article 80 of the Labour Code.

98 - Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and to Bargain Collectively || 1. CEACR 2. June 2010 3.http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_123424.pdf || The Committee, recalling that it was the responsibility of the Government to ensure the application of the Convention, requested the Government to take the necessary measures in order to ensure that multinational enterprises operating on its territory respect freedom of association norms and principles and to inform it of the measures taken in this respect. It further requested the Government to provide its observations on the ITUC's previous allegation of cases of anti-union discrimination and interference that took place in multinational enterprises. The Committee also recalled that, according to Article 4 of the Convention, free and voluntary bargaining with a view to the regulation of terms and conditions of employment should be conducted between workers' organizations and an employer or employers' organization and therefore requested the Government to take measures to amend its legislation so as to bring it into conformity with the Convention. The Committee notes the Government's indication that steps are being taken to set up national and local collaborative committees comprising representatives of unions, employers' associations, relevant executive bodies and public associations representing the interests of those especially in need of social protection, with a view to promoting employment.

29 - Forced or Compulsory Labour || ||

100 - Equal Remuneration of Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value || 1. CEACR 2. June 2009 3.http://www.ilo.org/ilc/ILCSessions/98thSession/ReportssubmittedtotheConference/lang--en/docName--WCMS_103484/index.htm || The Committee recalls its previous comments concerning the 1999 Labour Code, drawing the Government’s attention to the fact that provisions of the Code do not fully reflect the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value. The Committee also notes that the section 9(1) of the Act on Ensuring Gender Equality fails to reflect fully the principle of the Convention. The Committee wishes to stress once again that legislation setting out the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value is important in order to ensure the full application of the Convention. The Committee asks the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to bring the legislation into full conformity with the Convention and to provide detailed information on the implementation and enforcement of section 9 of the Act on Ensuring Gender Equality, including relevant judicial and administrative decisions.

105 - Abolition of Forced Labour || ||

111 - Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation || 1. CEACR 2. June 2009 3.http://www.ilo.org/ilc/ILCSessions/98thSession/ReportssubmittedtotheConference/lang--en/docName--WCMS_103484/index.htm || The Committee notes with interest the adoption and entry into force of the Act on Ensuring Gender Equality of 10 October 2006 which aims at ensuring gender equality by eliminating all forms of discrimination based on sex and creating equal opportunities for men and women in all spheres of social life, including employment. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the implementation of the Act on Ensuring Gender Equality, in particular information on measures taken to make the new provisions widely known. It requests also the Government to provide information on any complaints and cases regarding discrimination in employment and occupation dealt with by the courts, the labour inspection service or other competent bodies, including information on the number, nature and outcomes of any such proceedings. The Committee notes that, in addition to putting in place gender equality legislation, the Government included measures to promote gender equality in its employment strategy (2006–15). According to the report, the strategy emphasizes assistance to women in the creation of small enterprises and the introduction of flexible forms of employment with a view to creating new jobs for women. The Government also states that vocational training and involvement of women in public works was a priority of the state employment service. The Committee further notes that the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) (2006–09) envisages the ratification of the Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156), and the elaboration of measures to promote reconciliation of work and family, and the creation of family-friendly workplaces. Further, under the DWCP, compliance of the national legislation with international labour standards will be examined. The Committee requests the Government to provide detailed information on the specific measures taken under the employment strategy to ensure women’s equal access to the labour market, including self-employment, and to provide detailed statistical information on the participation of men and women in the different sectors, industries and occupations. It also requests the Government to indicate the progress made in the examination of the national legislation with a view to ensuring compliance with international labour standards on gender equality.

138 - Minimum Age for Admission to Employment || 1. CEACR 2. June 2009 3.http://www.ilo.org/ilc/ILCSessions/98thSession/ReportssubmittedtotheConference/lang--en/docName--WCMS_103484/index.htm || The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report does not contain reply to previous comments. The Committee therefore repeats its previous observations: With regard to the minimum age for admission to employment or work, the Committee recalls that the minimum age of 16 years was specified under the Convention as regards Azerbaijan. It noted with regret that the new Labour Code, allows a person who has reached the age of 15 to be part of an employment contract; and the Individual Contracts of Employment Agreement Act sets the minimum age for concluding an employment contract at 14 years. The Committee once again points out that the Convention allows and encourages the raising of the minimum age but does not permit lowering of the minimum age once specified. Therefore, the Committee once again asks the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to ensure that access to employment of children of 14 and 15 years of age may be allowed exceptionally, only for work that meets the criteria set out in Article 7 of the Convention. With regard to the provisions of the new Labour Code, the Committee recalls that Convention No. 138 requires the fixing of a minimum age for all types of work or employment and not only for work under an employment contract. The Committee again asks the Government to supply information on the measures taken or envisaged to ensure the application of the Convention to all types of work outside an employment relationship, such as self-employment. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that a list of arduous and hazardous industries or occupations where the employment of persons under 18 years of age is prohibited was approved by Decision No. 58 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 24 March 2000. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide a copy of the text. The Committee once again requests the Government to supply further information on the types of light work that are permitted for persons who have attained 14 years of age. The Committee requests the Government to indicate which provisions in its national legislation regulate sanctions for violations of the labour law and to supply a copy of the same. The Committee once again asks the Government to supply data to give a general appreciation of the manner in which the Convention is applied, for instance, statistical data on the employment of children and young persons, extracts from the report inspection services, and information on the number and nature of contraventions reported. The Committee hopes that the Government will make every effort to take the necessary action in the very near future.

182 - Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour || ||

UN CONVENTIONS ON CORE HUMAN RIGHTS: || 1. Monitoring Body 2. Date of latest Report 3. Web link || Latest recommendations by the monitoring body.

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide || ||

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination || 1. CERD 2. 7 September 2009 3. http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G09/448/41/PDF/G0944841.pdf?OpenElement || The Committee requested the State party to ensure equal opportunities for displaced persons, to ensure that all refugees and asylum-seekers receive equal treatment, that the State party conducted studies to assess and evaluate the level of enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights by different ethnic groups, to improve the economic situation of typical victim groups, in particular of women and thereby eliminate their vulnerability to exploitation and traffickers, to consider why there have been very few complaints of racial discrimination (lack of effective remedies, victims’ lack of awareness of their rights, fear of reprisals, lack of confidence in the police and judicial authorities, or the authorities’ lack of attention or sensitivity to cases of racial discrimination etc.) and to take steps to prevent and combat hostile attitudes towards ethnic Armenians living in its territory, including through information campaigns and education of the general public.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights || 1.CCPR 2. 13 August 2009 3. http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G09/441/95/PDF/G0944195.pdf?OpenElement || The Committee commended the State party for the continuing process of bringing its domestic legislation into line with the provisions of the Covenant and other human rights treaties. The Committee recommended the State party to ensure effective implementation of the action plan on family and women’s issues, to promote the access of women to high-level and managerial positions in the public sector through targeted measures, to close down the pre-trial detention centre of the Ministry of National Security or place it under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice, to establish without delay an independent body with authority to receive and investigate all complaints of abuses of power by law enforcement officials, to increase efforts to combat corruption by thoroughly investigating all incidents of suspected corruption, to ensure full respect for the right of freedom of religion or belief, effectively to protect media workers against attempts on their integrity and life, to simplify its address registration procedure, so as to enable all individuals who reside legally in Azerbaijan, including internally displaced persons, to fully exercise their rights and freedoms under the Covenant.

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights || ||

International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid || ||

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women || 1. CEDAW 2. 7 August 2009 3. http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N09/461/26/PDF/N0946126.pdf?OpenElement || The Committee welcomed the adoption of national plans and programmes aimed at combating violence against women, including domestic violence and trafficking in human beings. The Committee recommended the State party to design and implement awareness-raising campaigns targeting women, including rural women, to speedily enact the amendment to the Family Code in order to equalize the minimum age of marriage for women and men to 18, to promote non-stereotypical and positive images of women and gender equality, to accelerate the adoption of the draft law on domestic violence and to ensure that it contains provisions pertaining to sexual violence within the family, to systematically investigate, prosecute and punish traffickers, to conduct research on the exploitation of prostitution of women to serve as the basis for comprehensive and targeted intervention, to increase the number of women undertaking doctoral studies and holding positions in the highest levels of academia, to modify existing gender role stereotypes through awareness-raising campaigns targeted at community and religious leaders, teachers, parents, girls and boys, to work with religious authorities in order to prevent early marriages and to engage in ongoing and systematic consultations with women’s non-governmental organizations on all issues pertaining to the promotion of gender equality.

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment || 1. CAT 2. 8 December 2009 3.http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/docs/co/CAT.C.AZE.CO.3.doc || The Committee welcomed the adoption of the Fight against Human Trafficking Law (2005), the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (2009) and the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto (2009). The Committee recommended the State Party to bring its definition of torture fully into conformity with the Convention, to ensure that the Ombudsman’s office is a functioning, independent body, to ensure that suspects are brought before a judge as soon as possible, calculated from the actual moment of deprivation of liberty, to address the shortage of public defenders, including by ensuring that public defenders are adequately paid for their work, provide information on any cases of death resulting from torture, ill-treatment or wilful negligence leading to deaths, to improve the living conditions for patients in psychiatric institutions and ensure that all places where mental health patients are held for involuntary treatment are visited by independent monitoring bodies, to take immediate steps to ensure that evidence obtained by torture may not be invoked as evidence in any proceedings, to ensure protection of women and children by speedily enacting the draft law on domestic violence, to fully guarantee and protect the right of freedom of opinion and expression of journalists and media representatives, and introduce legal mechanisms and practical measures to that effect, to ensure that no person is expelled, returned or extradited to a country where there are substantial grounds for believing that he or she would be in danger of being subjected to torture, and to ensure that minors have a lawyer and a trusted adult present at every phase of a proceeding.

Convention on the Rights of the Child || ||

CONVENTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES : || 1. Monitoring Body 2. Date of latest Report 3. Web link || Latest recommendations by the monitoring body.

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer || 1.Implementation Committee 2. 13 July 2010 3. http://ozone.unep.org/ || In 2010, no new non-compliance issues reported by the Implementation Committee. Previous issues have been resolved. http://www.unep.ch/Ozone/Meeting_Documents/impcom/IMPCOM-44-5E.pdf

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal || 1. Compliance Committee 2.N/A 3.http://www.basel.int/legalmatters/compcommitee/index.html || Irregular reporting until 2006, but the latest report for 2007 has been submitted. Information on the status of national reporting in 2008 not yet published on the Basel website.

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants || No compliance committee established yet. Compliance assessed through the following: - national implementation plan required by Art.7 http://chm.pops.int/Countries/NationalImplementation/tabid/253/language/en-US/Default.aspx - national report required by Art. 15 http://chm.pops.int/Countries/NationalReports/FirstRoundofPartyReports/tabid/254/language/en-US/Default.aspx - contributions to the convention budget http://chm.pops.int/Countries/Contributions/tabid/374/language/en-US/Default.aspx || National Implementation Plan submitted on 15.1.2010. Article 15 Report has been submitted.

CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora || 1. Standing Committee 2. 11 March 2010 3.http://www.cites.org/common/com/SC/59/E59-11A.pdf || Implementing legislation is under review by the CITES Secretariat and is not yet believed to fully meet all the requirements for the implementation of CITES (category 2). Azerbaijan has yet to comply fully with Article VIII, paragraph 7 of CITES which requires each Party to submit a biennial report on legislative, regulatory and administrative measures taken to enforce the Convention (deadline for the submission being the 31st of October of the year following the year for which the report was due) (2003-2004 received). Annual Report for 2008 received.

Convention on Biological Diversity || 1. Compliance assessed through the following: - National Biodiversity Strategy and Action plan required by Art. 6 http://www.cbd.int/nbsap/ - national report required by Art. 26 http://www.cbd.int/countries/ || 2nd and 3rd national reports not submitted. Fourth national report has been submitted. Contributions to the CBD core budget have been paid.

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety || 1. Compliance Committee 2. 23 September 2010 3.http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bscc-07/official/bscc-07-03-en.pdf || First Regular National Report (2007) and Interim National Report (2005) have not been submitted. Contributions for 2010 have been paid.

Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change || 1. Compliance Committee 2. 8 October 2010 3.http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2010/cmp6/eng/06.pdf || No non-compliance proceedings were started against Azerbaijan.

United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs Convention on Psychotropic Substances Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances || 1.INCB 2. 24 February 2010 3.http://www.incb.org/incb/en/annual-report-2009.html || Drug abuse remains a serious concern in the Southern Caucasus. In Azerbaijan, the drugs of choice are opioids and cannabis, followed by non-prescribed sedatives and tranquillizers. In 2008, among drug users aged 15-64 years, 70 per cent abused opioids, 20 per cent abused cannabis and 10 per cent abused benzodiazepines; among adolescents, 10 per cent abused opioids, 30 per cent abused cannabis and 60 per cent abused benzodiazepines. At the end of 2008, 514 persons who abused drugs by injection were infected with hepatitis or HIV, while 26 of the 48 drug related deaths in the country were caused by the abuse of benzodiazepines. The Board urges the Government of Azerbaijan to closely monitor that worrying situation and increase the resources allocated for the prevention and treatment of drug abuse, especially among youth.

United Nations Convention against Corruption || 1.United Nation secretariat – Report on Compliance with the United Nations Convention against Corruption 2. 9 September 2009 (general distribution) 3.http://www.unodc.org/documents/treaties/UNCAC/COSP/session3/V0986236e.pdf || Articles that need further work for full compliance (as indicated in the self-assessment report) Article 9: Azerbaijan did not provide information on legislative or other measures adopted to ensure the existence of systems of procurement designed to prevent corruption and measures regarding public procurement personnel, in accordance with paragraphs 1 (a) and (e), respectively (mandatory reporting items). Article 23: Concerning domestic measures establishing the range of predicate offences subject to the application of anti-money-laundering laws (paras. 2 (a), (b), (c) and (e)), Azerbaijan reported that no measures had been taken to implement the provisions. Azerbaijan reported that it had not furnished copies of its laws giving effect to article 23 to the Secretary-General, but quoted such laws in its self-assessment report. Article 25: Azerbaijan quoted relevant provisions of its respective criminal codes, but did not provide examples of successful implementation (an optional reporting item).Article 52: Azerbaijan reported full implementation of measures to prevent and detect transfers of proceeds of crime, in accordance with article 52 of the Convention and as required cited applicable legislation, but did not fulfil the optional reporting item of providing examples of successful implementation of the article under review… Azerbaijan reported that special supervision by the banks’ internal control systems should be applied to the opening of corresponding accounts of non-resident banks and to transactions involving such accounts. However, Azerbaijan did not clarify how the establishment of banks with no physical presence in Azerbaijan was prevented. Article 53: Concerning measures to permit their courts or competent authorities to recognize another State party’s claim of legitimate ownership of property proceeds of crime, as prescribed by paragraph (c), Azerbaijan reported partial implementation of such measures. Article 54: Reporting on measures to permit its competent authorities to give effect to orders of confiscation issued by courts of another State party, as prescribed by paragraph 1 (a), Azerbaijan reported that it had not taken such measures. Concerning the confiscation of property of foreign origin (para. 1 (b)), Azerbaijan stated that it had not implemented the provision. Azerbaijan indicated that it had not taken measures to permit the confiscation of property acquired through corruption without a criminal conviction (non-mandatory provision, para. 1 (c)) Article 55: Azerbaijan stated that its legislation was in full compliance with the provision under review, but did not substantiate its answers by providing examples of the successful use or implementation of the provision (an optional reporting item). With regard to the identification, tracing, freezing or seizure of proceeds of crime, as required by paragraph 2, Azerbaijan indicated partial compliance. Concerning the contents of requests for orders of confiscation, as prescribed by paragraph 3, Azerbaijan assessed its legislation as being in full compliance but did not provide examples of successful implementation (an optional reporting item). Article 57: With regard to the disposal of confiscated property, as prescribed by paragraph 1, Azerbaijan indicated partial compliance with the requirements of the same provision. Reporting on measures for the return of confiscated property upon request by another State party, as prescribed by paragraph 2 Azerbaijan indicated partial implementation. Concerning the return of property confiscated pursuant to article 55 of the Convention (art. 57, para. 3), Azerbaijan reported partial implementation of the relevant measures. Azerbaijan reported partial compliance with paragraph 4. Azerbaijan stated that it had not taken measures to implement the non-mandatory provision of paragraph 5, on the conclusion of agreements on the final disposal of confiscated property.

3. BOLIVIA (BO)

CONVENTION || REPORTING STATUS || RECOMMENDATIONS

ILO CONVENTIONS ON CORE LABOUR RIGHTS: || 1. Monitoring Body 2. Date of latest Report 3. Web link || Latest recommendations by the monitoring body.

87 - Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise || 1. CEACR and CFA 2. 2010 3.http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_123424.pdf http://www.ilo.org/gb/GBSessions/lang--en/docName--WCMS_146695/index.htm || The CEACR recalls that for many years its comments have referred to a number of issues concerning the General Labour Act of 1942. The Committee expresses the firm hope that in the context of the planned legislative reform, further to the adoption of the new Constitution (enacted on 7 February 2009), all of its comments will be taken into account. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on any developments in this respect and recalls that, if it so wishes, it may have recourse to the technical assistance of the Office. The Committee on the Freedom of Association, like the CEACR, considers that criminal sanctions should not be imposed on any worker for participating in a peaceful strike and therefore, measures of imprisonment should not be imposed on any account; such sanctions may only be imposed if during a strike violence against persons or property or other infringements of common law are committed for which there are provisions set out in legal instruments and which are punishable there under. The Committee also recalls that the principles of freedom of association do not protect abuses consisting of criminal acts while exercising the right to strike. The Committee requests the Government: (1) to keep it informed as to the ruling that is handed down in respect of the trade union officials; and (2) to forward the present report and the abovementioned principles to the relevant judicial authority.

98 - Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and to Bargain Collectively || 1. CEACR and CFA 2. 2010 3.http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_123424.pdf http://www.ilo.org/gb/GBSessions/lang--en/docName--WCMS_146695/index.htm || The Committee asks the Government to hold an inquiry into allegations of anti-union dismissals in a mining enterprise in the department of Oruro and a telecommunications cooperative in Sucre and if it is ascertained that the dismissals were anti-union in origin, to take the necessary steps to remedy the measures found to be discriminatory. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary steps to encourage collective bargaining, including the bargaining of subjects other than wages such as other conditions of employment, and to provide information in this regard. The Committee expresses the firm hope that in the context of the legislative reforms that are to be carried out pursuant to the adoption of the new Constitution, all the Committee’s comments will be taken into account. It asks the Government to provide information on any developments in this area that concern the new General Labour Act and the Code of Labour Procedure, and reminds it that, if it so wishes, it may seek technical assistance from the Office. The Committee requests the Government to provide statistical information on the number of collective agreements in the public sector and the private sector, the subjects dealt with and the number of workers covered.

29 - Forced or Compulsory Labour || ||

100 - Equal Remuneration of Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value || 1. CEACR 2. 2010 3.http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_123424.pdf || The Committee notes with satisfaction that under article 48(V) of the new Constitution promulgated on 7 February 2009, “the State shall promote the integration of women into work and shall ensure that women receive the same remuneration as men for work of equal value, in both the public and private spheres”. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on steps taken under this constitutional provision, including with respect to the incorporation of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value in the labour legislation.

105 - Abolition of Forced Labour || 1. CEACR 2. 2010 3.http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_123424.pdf || The Committee expresses the hope that the Government will take the necessary measures to ensure that penalties involving compulsory labour cannot be imposed for participation in strikes by amending or repealing the legislative provisions which establish such penalties and since, according to the Government’s indications, these provisions are not applied in practice, the Committee hopes that the Government will take the necessary measures to bring the legislation into conformity with the Convention and with existing practice, as described by the Government.

111 - Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation || 1. CEACR 2. 2010 3.http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_123424.pdf || The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the legislative and policy changes with respect to equality between women and men in employment and occupation as a result of the new Constitution. Noting that, under Supreme Decree No. 29894 of 7 February 2009, the Ministry of Justice and the Vice-Ministry of Equality of Opportunity are given specific competences with respect to the formulation and implementation of plans, programmes and policies directed at promoting equality of opportunity between men and women, the Committee asks the Government to provide detailed information on any programmes and policies specifically concerning equality of opportunity and treatment in employment and occupation that have been adopted by these bodies and their implementation.

138 - Minimum Age for Admission to Employment || 1. CEACR 2. 2009 3.www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---.../wcms_103484.pdf || The Committee asks the Government to take the necessary steps to amend the provisions of the national legislation that regulate the age of admission to apprenticeship so as to provide that no one under 14 years of age is engaged in an apprenticeship, as required by Article 6 of the Convention.

182 - Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour || 1. CEACR 2. 2009 3.www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---.../wcms_103484.pdf || The Committee urges the Government to take the necessary steps to ensure that the persons using the labour of children under 18 years of age in the sugar cane and brazil nut harvesting industry in conditions of debt bondage or forced labour are prosecuted and that effective and dissuasive sanctions are applied to them. It requests the Government in this connection on the effect given to the provisions that apply to these worst forms of child labour, including statistics on the number and nature of offences reported, the investigations held, prosecutions, and the sentences and penal sanctions applied. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary steps as a matter of urgency to ensure that no child under 18 years of age shall engage in hazardous work in mining. It also requests the Government to provide information on the application in practice of the legislation governing hazardous work, including statistics on the number and nature of offences reported, the investigations held, prosecutions, the sentences and penalties applied. The Committee strongly encourages the Government to step up its efforts and to take time-bound measures, particularly in implementing the Three Year Plan 2006–08 and PNEPTI 2000–10 to: (a) prevent children from being placed in debt bondage or forced labour in the sugar cane and brazil nut harvesting industry; and (b) provide the necessary and appropriate direct assistance for the removal of children from these worst forms of child labour. It requests the Government to provide information on the results obtained. Finally, it requests the Government to send information on the measures taken to ensure the rehabilitation of these children. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the time-bound measures taken under the Provisional Inter-ministerial Plan 2007–08 for the Guarani people, in order to prevent the children of these people falling into debt bondage or forced or compulsory labour. The Committee also requests the Government to provide a copy of the National Plan for the Elimination of Forced Labour as soon as it is adopted.

UN CONVENTIONS ON CORE HUMAN RIGHTS: || 1. Monitoring Body 2. Date of latest Report 3. Web link || Latest recommendations by the monitoring body.

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide || ||

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination || ||

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights || ||

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights || 1. CESCR 2. 8 August 2008 3. http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G08/435/89/PDF/G0843589.pdf?OpenElement || The Committee recommended that the State party should intensify its efforts to adopt a new Constitution and move forward in the process of institution-building, to take all necessary steps to reduce extreme poverty and to implement effectively its social development strategies, to continue its efforts to guarantee a sufficient minimum wage, to redouble its efforts to eliminate child labour, especially in domestic service, taking all appropriate legislative and practical measures to compensate families that stop receiving income from child labour, to protect the rights of workers, to confront the problem of female mortality caused by illegal abortions, to take effective measures and providing funds to combat discrimination in the education of girls and young women and to intensify its efforts to combat domestic violence by enacting specific legislation criminalizing it

International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid || ||

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women || 1. CEDAW 2. 8 April 2008 3. http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N08/298/14/PDF/N0829814.pdf?OpenElement || The Committee commended the State party for having ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention in 2000. The Committee urged the State party to take the necessary measures to ensure the full implementation of existing legislation on gender equality and streamline procedures for review of the compatibility of those laws with the Convention and to repeal without delay all legislation that discriminates against women. It further recommended the State party to enhance the institutional status of the national machinery for the advancement of women, ensure that all poverty eradication policies and programmes integrate a gender perspective, enable men and women in the Afro-Bolivian community to have access to all basic social services, create conditions for women to have access to justice, to expedite and facilitate the process of registration of women, develop and implement policies aimed at eliminating stereotypes associated with traditional roles, to promulgate and fully implement its legislation on trafficking and sexual exploitation of human beings, tackle the root cause of trafficking and sexual exploitation, to adopt dynamic and effective policies to increase women’s participation at all levels of professional and public life, including implementing the draft Law against Political Harassment of Women, to adopt a gender-sensitive employment policy to address women in the informal sector and to address the issue of child labour in general, and the vulnerable situation of girls in particular, and to rectify the weaknesses in the design and allocation of financial resources to the National Plan for the Progressive Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (2000-2010).

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment || ||

Convention on the Rights of the Child || 1. CRC 2. 16 October 2009 3. http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G09/455/32/PDF/G0945532.pdf?OpenElement || The Committee welcomed the adoption of the new Constitution (2009), which included a chapter on child rights. The Committee urged the State party to take all necessary measures to address the recommendations from the concluding observations on the third periodic report that had not yet been implemented, notably those related to the adoption of a national plan of action for children, the low and unequal legal minimum ages for contracting marriage, corporal punishment, children without parental care, police brutality, juvenile justice and children deprived of their liberty together with adults. The Committee further recommended the progressive setting up of Municipal Child Defence Offices, including in rural communities, and that they be provided with adequate human, financial and technical resources, that the State party establish a Children’s Ombudsman, encourage the media sector to establish professional codes of ethics taking into account the rights of the child, set the minimum age for marriage at a higher and equal level, ensure registration of all children, especially in rural areas, take steps to identify all children who have not been registered, expressly prohibit corporal punishment by law in all settings and promote positive, non-violent forms of discipline, including family education and awareness through accessible training opportunities for parents, take effective measures to prevent adolescents from drug, tobacco and alcohol abuse, strengthen the efforts to combat HIV/AIDS through ensuring availability of contraceptives through awareness-raising campaigns, ensure free primary education, ensure that also girls and indigenous children fully realize their right to education, make parents aware of the importance of early childhood development and education, prevent children under the minimum age from working in the formal and informal sector, address the issue of children in street situations in cooperation with the children themselves, and ensure that children in conflict with the law are always dealt with within the juvenile justice system.

CONVENTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES : || 1. Monitoring Body 2. Date of latest Report 3. Web link || Latest recommendations by the monitoring body.

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer || 1.Implementation Committee 2. 13 July 2010 3. http://ozone.unep.org/ || In 2010, no new non-compliance issues reported by the Implementation Committee. Previous issues have been resolved. http://www.unep.ch/Ozone/Meeting_Documents/impcom/IMPCOM-44-5E.pdf

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal || 1. Compliance Committee 2. N/A 3.http://www.basel.int/legalmatters/compcommitee/index.html || Only 3 reports submitted until 2006 and the latest report for 2007 has not been submitted. Information on the status of national reporting in 2008 not yet published on the Basel website.

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants || 1. No compliance committee established yet. Compliance assessed through the following: - national implementation plan required by Art.7 http://chm.pops.int/Countries/NationalImplementation/tabid/253/language/en-US/Default.aspx - national report required by Art. 15 http://chm.pops.int/Countries/NationalReports/FirstRoundofPartyReports/tabid/254/language/en-US/Default.aspx - contributions to the convention budget http://chm.pops.int/Countries/Contributions/tabid/374/language/en-US/Default.aspx || National report not submitted