As part of the 82nd session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the review of Portugal’s tenth periodic report (CEDAW/C/PRT/10, submitted in December 2019) on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in our country, will be held between 13 and 15 June 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Disability and Human Rights Observatory (ODDH), in partnership with its Advisory Board, prepared and presented in May 2022 the ‘Alternative Report‘ on the “10th Periodic Report submitted by Portugal” which was signed and subscribed by 13 entities that represent approximately 186 DPOs, and by 7 researchers working in the areas of disability and human rights.
The sessions on the 13th, 14th and 15th of June will be broadcast via UN Web TV at the times indicated below:
» June 13th (17h às 18h) – Informal meeting with non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions (Includes presentation of the ‘ODDH Alternative Report’ by Vera Bonvalot – Associação Novamente) – https://media.un.org/en/asset/k13/k13zxxx8gf
» June 14th (11h às 14h) – Consideration of Portugal – https://media.un.org/en/asset/k13/k13udf88ed
» June 15th (11h às 14h) – Consideration of Portugal (continued) – https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1o/k1os1j2ohu