2.1 - Status of international instruments
A/57/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2002)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Recommendations
r) sign and ratify OP-CEDAW
r) accept amendment to art. 20, paragraph 1 CEDAW, concerning meeting time of CEDAW
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity
  • 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women
  • general
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 406 ter
A/57/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2002)
A/57/18(SUPP) (CERD, 2002)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Observations
n) State has not made optional declaration provided for in article 14 ICERD
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity
  • 9 - Racial discrimination
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 469
A/57/18(SUPP) (CERD, 2002)
Recommendations
r) possibility of doing so be considered (make optional declaration provided for in article 14 ICERD)
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity
  • 9 - Racial discrimination
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 469
A/57/18(SUPP) (CERD, 2002)
E/C.12/1/ADD.92 (CESCR, 2003)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Recommendations
r) make social security system more comprehensive so as to include all workers and families
r) ratify ILO Convention No. 102 on Social Security (Minimum Standards)
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 28 - Right to social security
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 32
E/C.12/1/ADD.92 (CESCR, 2003)
CAT/C/CR/31/4 (CAT, 2004)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Observations
w) ratification of major human rights instruments and incorporation of provisions of these international treaties into domestic legal order
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 4.1 - Legal framework
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 4
CAT/C/CR/31/4 (CAT, 2004)
Observations
w) stated intention of State to ratify Rome Statute of International Criminal Court and steps taken at national level in this respect
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 4
CAT/C/CR/31/4 (CAT, 2004)
Observations
w) ratification by Act No. 36 of 1983 of Arab Convention on Judicial Cooperation
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 4
CAT/C/CR/31/4 (CAT, 2004)
Recommendations
r) consider making declarations under articles 21 and 22 CAT and ratifying OP-CAT
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 7
CAT/C/CR/31/4 (CAT, 2004)
CRC/C/15/Add.267 (CRC, 2005)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Observations
w) ratifications of following international human rights instruments:
- OP-CRC-SC in December 2004
- ILO Convention No. 138 (1973) concerning minimum age for admission to employment and ILO Convention No. 182 (1999) concerning prohibition and immediate action for elimination of worst forms of child labour, in 2000
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 35.3 - Children: protection against exploitation
  • children
  Paragraph(s) 10
CRC/C/15/Add.267 (CRC, 2005)
Observations
n) information provided by delegation that State ratified OP-CRC-AC in August 2004
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 35.5 - Children in armed conflict
  • children
  • persons affected by armed conflict
  Paragraph(s) 78
CRC/C/15/Add.267 (CRC, 2005)
Recommendations
r) transmit without undue delay the instrument of ratification to the Secretary-General, including necessary binding declaration and description of safeguards required under art. 3, paragraph 2 OP-CRC-AC
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 35.5 - Children in armed conflict
  • children
  • persons affected by armed conflict
  Paragraph(s) 78
CRC/C/15/Add.267 (CRC, 2005)
CERD/C/YEM/CO/16 (CERD, 2006)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Observations
n) State has not made the optional declaration provided for in art. 14 ICERD
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity
  • 9 - Racial discrimination
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 18
CERD/C/YEM/CO/16 (CERD, 2006)
Recommendations
r) consider doing so (made the optional declaration provided for in art. 14 ICERD)
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity
  • 9 - Racial discrimination
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 18
CERD/C/YEM/CO/16 (CERD, 2006)
Recommendations
r) ratify ICRMW
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 9 - Racial discrimination
  • migrants
  • migrant workers
  Paragraph(s) 20
CERD/C/YEM/CO/16 (CERD, 2006)
CEDAW/C/YEM/CO/6 (CEDAW, 2009)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Observations
w) ratification of OP-CRC-SC in December 2004 and OP-CRC-AC in March 2007, particularly as these international instruments also cover the human rights of the girl-child
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women
  • children
  • girls
  • persons affected by armed conflict
  Paragraph(s) 5
CEDAW/C/YEM/CO/6 (CEDAW, 2009)
Recommendations
r) sign and ratify OP-CEDAW and accept the amendment to article 20, paragraph 1, of CEDAW, concerning the meeting time of the Committee
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women
  • general
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 52
CEDAW/C/YEM/CO/6 (CEDAW, 2009)
Recommendations
n) adherence to the nine major international human rights instruments[1] enhances the enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms in all aspects of life
r) consider ratifying the treaty to which it is not yet a party, namely, the ICMRW, ICRPD and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • general
  • migrant workers
  • persons with disabilities
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 55
CEDAW/C/YEM/CO/6 (CEDAW, 2009)
CRC/C/OPSC/YEM/CO/1 (CRC, 2009)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Observations
w) accession to OP-CRC-AC in 2007
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 35.5 - Children in armed conflict
  • children
  • persons affected by armed conflict
  Paragraph(s) 5
CRC/C/OPSC/YEM/CO/1 (CRC, 2009)
Observations
c) the State party has signed but not yet ratified the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and has not taken action with regard to its relevant Protocols
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • children
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 59
CRC/C/OPSC/YEM/CO/1 (CRC, 2009)
Recommendations
r) consider the possibility of ratifying the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children; and Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 35.3 - Children: protection against exploitation
  • children
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 60
CRC/C/OPSC/YEM/CO/1 (CRC, 2009)
CAT/C/YEM/CO/2 (CAT, 2009)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Observations
w) in the period since the consideration of the initial report, the State party has ratified or acceded to the following international instruments:
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto, in 2009
- OP-CRC-AC, in 2007
- OP-CRC-SC, in 2004
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • children
  • persons with disabilities
  Paragraph(s) 4
CAT/C/YEM/CO/2 (CAT, 2009)
Observations
c) reported cases of imposition of the death penalty on children of between 15 and 18 years of age
c) conditions of detention of convicted prisoners on death row, which may amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, in particular owing to the excessive length of time on death row
c) lack of information in the State report on the number of persons executed in the reporting period and for which offences, as well as the number of persons currently on death row, disaggregated by sex, age, ethnicity and offence (art. 16)
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 11.3 - Death penalty
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • 12.2 - Conditions of detention
  • children
  • persons deprived of their liberty
  Paragraph(s) 21
CAT/C/YEM/CO/2 (CAT, 2009)
Recommendations
r) ratifying ICCPR-OP2
r) review policy with regard to the imposition of the death penalty, and in particular take the measures necessary to ensure that the death penalty is not imposed on children
r) ensure that legislation provides for the possibility of the commutation of death sentences, especially where there have been delays in their implementation
r) ensure that all persons on death row are afforded the protection provided by CAT and are treated humanely
i) in detail, on the precise number of people executed in the reporting period, for which offences and whether any children have been sentenced to death and executed
r) indicate the current number of people on death row, disaggregated by sex, age, ethnicity and offence
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 11.3 - Death penalty
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • 12.2 - Conditions of detention
  • children
  • persons deprived of their liberty
  Paragraph(s) 21
CAT/C/YEM/CO/2 (CAT, 2009)
Recommendations
n) commitment made by the State party in the context of the universal periodic review (A/HRC/12/13, para. 93 (4))
r) consider ratifying OP-CAT as soon as possible
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 34
CAT/C/YEM/CO/2 (CAT, 2009)
Recommendations
r) consider making the declarations envisaged under articles 21 and 22 of CAT
  • Yemen
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 35
CAT/C/YEM/CO/2 (CAT, 2009)